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Star · F2IV

HIP 58085

HIP 58085 is a subgiant star of spectral type F2IV in the constellation Musca, 143.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationMusca
Distance143.6 light-years (44.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.38
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.16
Spectral typeF2IV
Surface temperature6,850 K
Luminosity4.62 L☉
Radius1.53 R☉
Mass1.47 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 54m 44.7s
Declination (J2000)−66° 22′ 35″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.38). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 24° N. South of latitude 24° 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 1882. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 58085, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.05, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cassiopeia. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 58121 0.25 light-years
  • λ Mus 6.61 light-years
  • HIP 56950 7.48 light-years
  • HIP 59533 9.25 light-years
  • HIP 60601 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 57352 18.8 light-years
  • Tupã 19.4 light-years
  • HIP 54348 19.9 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.