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Star · A7III

HIP 65545

HIP 65545 is a giant star of spectral type A7III in the constellation Virgo, 254.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance254.8 light-years (78.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.97
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.51
Spectral typeA7III
Surface temperature8,300 K
Luminosity23.3 L☉
Radius2.33 R☉
Mass2.23 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 26m 11.4s
Declination (J2000)−1° 11′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)44.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.97). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 89° N. 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 1771. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 65545, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.29, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

The catalogue has no other star within 20 light-years.

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.