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Star · A3IV

HIP 65466

HIP 65466 is a subgiant star of spectral type A3IV in the constellation Coma Berenices, 290.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationComa Berenices
Distance290.0 light-years (88.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.75
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.01
Spectral typeA3IV
Surface temperature9,130 K
Luminosity41 L☉
Radius2.56 R☉
Mass2.62 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 25m 06.7s
Declination (J2000)+23° 51′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)5.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.75). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° 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 1736. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 65466, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.57, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 65508 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 65884 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 65899 17.8 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.