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Star · A3V

HIP 54289

HIP 54289 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3V in the constellation Carina, 485.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCarina
Distance485.3 light-years (148.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.39
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.53
Spectral typeA3V
Surface temperature8,890 K
Luminosity61.7 L☉
Radius3.31 R☉
Mass2.95 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 06m 24.3s
Declination (J2000)−64° 50′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)34.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.39). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 25° N. South of latitude 25° 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 1541. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 54289, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cepheus. 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.