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Star · F0

HIP 54540

HIP 54540 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0 in the constellation Ursa Major, 353.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance353.2 light-years (108.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.07
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.90
Spectral typeF0
Surface temperature7,970 K
Luminosity39.4 L☉
Radius3.29 R☉
Mass2.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 09m 39.8s
Declination (J2000)+67° 12′ 37″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)47.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.07). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 23° S. North of latitude 23° N 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 1673. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 54540, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.00, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Indus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Open in the simulation

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