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Star · F0V

HIP 58002

HIP 58002 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Virgo, 402.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance402.8 light-years (123.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.31
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.85
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature8,110 K
Luminosity41.7 L☉
Radius3.27 R☉
Mass2.64 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 53m 50.3s
Declination (J2000)+0° 33′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.31). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 89° S. 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 1623. 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 58002, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.29, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. 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.