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Star · A0V

HIP 53411

HIP 53411 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Vela, 332.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVela
Distance332.6 light-years (102.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.40
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.36
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature9,350 K
Luminosity30.6 L☉
Radius2.11 R☉
Mass2.41 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 55m 27.2s
Declination (J2000)−43° 01′ 14″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.40). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 47° N. South of latitude 47° 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 1693. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 53411, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.87, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lacerta. 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.