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Star · F7V

HIP 57587

HIP 57587 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F7V in the constellation Crater, 145.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCrater
Distance145.5 light-years (44.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.24
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.99
Spectral typeF7V
Surface temperature6,030 K
Luminosity5.67 L☉
Radius2.18 R☉
Mass1.54 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 48m 23.5s
Declination (J2000)−10° 18′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.24). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° N. South of latitude 80° 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 1880. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 57587, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 57819 5.62 light-years
  • HIP 56960 8.24 light-years
  • HIP 56213 11.1 light-years
  • HIP 58268 16.3 light-years
  • HIP 58872 18.1 light-years
  • HIP 58558 18.2 light-years
  • GJ 9395 18.3 light-years
  • HIP 55233 19.7 light-years

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.