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Star · A0V

HIP 73087

HIP 73087 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Boötes, 620.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationBoötes
Distance620.0 light-years (190.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.49
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature10,530 K
Luminosity202 L☉
Radius4.27 R☉
Mass4.14 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 56m 13.2s
Declination (J2000)+14° 26′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.90). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1406. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 73087, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.22, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. 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.