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Star · A1V

HIP 52965

HIP 52965 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Antlia, 402.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAntlia
Distance402.0 light-years (123.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.61
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.16
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature9,670 K
Luminosity97.1 L☉
Radius3.51 R☉
Mass3.36 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 49m 57.0s
Declination (J2000)−34° 03′ 30″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.61). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 56° N. South of latitude 56° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1624. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 52965, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.28, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.