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Star · A1V

HIP 69623

HIP 69623 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Hydra, 498.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydra
Distance498.5 light-years (152.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.18
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature9,650 K
Luminosity94.7 L☉
Radius3.48 R☉
Mass3.33 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 15m 01.3s
Declination (J2000)−29° 16′ 55″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.10). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 61° N. South of latitude 61° 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 1528. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 69623, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.75, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Triangulum. 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.