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Star · A1V

HIP 60595

HIP 60595 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Virgo, 230.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance230.5 light-years (70.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.95
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.70
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature9,620 K
Luminosity23.1 L☉
Radius1.73 R☉
Mass2.23 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 25m 11.8s
Declination (J2000)−11° 36′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.95). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 78° N. South of latitude 78° 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 1796. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 60595, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

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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.