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Star · A7V

HIP 62825

HIP 62825 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A7V in the constellation Coma Berenices, 362.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationComa Berenices
Distance362.6 light-years (111.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.29
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.06
Spectral typeA7V
Surface temperature8,380 K
Luminosity35.4 L☉
Radius2.82 R☉
Mass2.52 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 52m 27.5s
Declination (J2000)+16° 07′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)38.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.29). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 74° S. North of latitude 74° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1663. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 62825, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.06, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.