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Star · B8V

HIP 65755

HIP 65755 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B8V in the constellation Musca, 718.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationMusca
Distance718.3 light-years (220.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.17
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.54
Spectral typeB8V
Surface temperature10,300 K
Luminosity204 L☉
Radius4.48 R☉
Mass4.15 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 28m 46.8s
Declination (J2000)−69° 37′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.17). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 20° N. South of latitude 20° S 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 1308. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 65755, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cassiopeia. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.