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Star · F2V

HIP 59767

HIP 59767 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2V in the constellation Ursa Minor, 157.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Minor
Distance157.8 light-years (48.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.85
Spectral typeF2V
Surface temperature7,180 K
Luminosity6.21 L☉
Radius1.61 R☉
Mass1.58 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 15m 20.0s
Declination (J2000)+87° 42′ 01″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.27). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 2° S. North of latitude 2° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1868. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 59767, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.25, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Octans. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • 24 UMi 9.45 light-years
  • HIP 38225 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 42982 13.3 light-years
  • HIP 65429 14.3 light-years
  • Gl 506.2 14.9 light-years
  • HIP 64861 15.6 light-years
  • HIP 54632 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 74466 17.6 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.