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Star · A5

HIP 59504

HIP 59504 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A5 in the constellation Camelopardalis, 110.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance110.3 light-years (33.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.14
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.49
Spectral typeA5
Surface temperature7,110 K
Luminosity8.56 L☉
Radius1.93 R☉
Mass1.71 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 12m 11.9s
Declination (J2000)+77° 36′ 58″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)9.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.14). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 12° S. North of latitude 12° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1916. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 59504, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.48, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydrus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • Gl 479.1 5.47 light-years
  • HIP 66074 11.8 light-years
  • HIP 50960 13.4 light-years
  • HIP 47098 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 69303 17.2 light-years
  • HIP 57992 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 63346 18.1 light-years
  • HIP 52544 19.4 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.