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Star · F7V

HIP 75308

HIP 75308 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F7V in the constellation Circinus, 135.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCircinus
Distance135.5 light-years (41.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.65
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.56
Spectral typeF7V
Surface temperature6,440 K
Luminosity8.14 L☉
Radius2.29 R☉
Mass1.69 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 23m 10.5s
Declination (J2000)−60° 39′ 26″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.65). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 29° N. South of latitude 29° S 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 1891. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 75308, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Camelopardalis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 76629 12.3 light-years
  • HIP 77158 13.1 light-years
  • ι¹ Nor 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 77310 16.4 light-years
  • HIP 72921 16.8 light-years
  • HD 147018 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 71861 17.5 light-years
  • HIP 71050 18.2 light-years

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.