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Star · F3IV

HIP 71658

HIP 71658 is a subgiant star of spectral type F3IV in the constellation Lupus, 190.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLupus
Distance190.3 light-years (58.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.37
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.54
Spectral typeF3IV
Surface temperature6,670 K
Luminosity8.2 L☉
Radius2.14 R☉
Mass1.69 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 39m 24.5s
Declination (J2000)−49° 03′ 19″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)66.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.37). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 41° N. South of latitude 41° 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 1836. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 71658, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.66, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Perseus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 70931 9.48 light-years
  • HIP 71932 14.1 light-years
  • κ¹ Lup 18.2 light-years
  • HIP 70219 18.3 light-years
  • HIP 71719 18.5 light-years
  • HIP 71272 18.7 light-years
  • κ² Lup 19.2 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.