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Star · F3V

HIP 60197

HIP 60197 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F3V in the constellation Coma Berenices, 271.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationComa Berenices
Distance271.8 light-years (83.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.72
Spectral typeF3V
Surface temperature6,910 K
Luminosity17.5 L☉
Radius2.92 R☉
Mass2.06 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 20m 41.4s
Declination (J2000)+27° 03′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)48.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.32). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 63° S. North of latitude 63° N 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 1754. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 60197, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.43, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sculptor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 60304 4.57 light-years
  • 16 Com 6.91 light-years
  • HIP 60206 6.91 light-years
  • HIP 60293 8.53 light-years
  • HIP 60123 8.71 light-years
  • HIP 60066 8.92 light-years
  • HIP 60649 8.93 light-years
  • HIP 60525 9.27 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.