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Star · F0V

HIP 63822

HIP 63822 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Ursa Minor, 431.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Minor
Distance431.3 light-years (132.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.43
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.82
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature8,030 K
Luminosity42.4 L☉
Radius3.37 R☉
Mass2.65 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 04m 49.7s
Declination (J2000)+73° 01′ 30″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.43). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 17° S. North of latitude 17° 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 1595. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 63822, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.44, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. 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.