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Star · A1V

HIP 70528

HIP 70528 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Circinus, 404.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCircinus
Distance404.8 light-years (124.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.36
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.89
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature8,770 K
Luminosity43.4 L☉
Radius2.86 R☉
Mass2.67 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 25m 39.7s
Declination (J2000)−66° 10′ 23″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.36). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 24° N. South of latitude 24° 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 1621. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 70528, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.30, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cassiopeia. 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.