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Star · F2V

HIP 75818

HIP 75818 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2V in the constellation Lupus, 196.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLupus
Distance196.6 light-years (60.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.44
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.54
Spectral typeF2V
Surface temperature7,150 K
Luminosity8.23 L☉
Radius1.87 R☉
Mass1.69 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 29m 19.3s
Declination (J2000)−38° 38′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.44). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 51° N. South of latitude 51° 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 1829. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 75818, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.73, 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 76907 11.5 light-years
  • HIP 76521 13.0 light-years
  • HIP 74397 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 75501 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 76063 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 77839 17.6 light-years
  • HIP 74467 19.8 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.