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Star · A7

HIP 65230

HIP 65230 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A7 in the constellation Canes Venatici, 436.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanes Venatici
Distance436.3 light-years (133.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.34
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.71
Spectral typeA7
Surface temperature7,760 K
Luminosity46.1 L☉
Radius3.75 R☉
Mass2.71 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 22m 03.9s
Declination (J2000)+43° 54′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)39.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.34). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 46° S. North of latitude 46° 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 1590. 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 65230, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.46, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. 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.