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Star · A3V

HIP 77138

HIP 77138 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3V in the constellation Norma, 365.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationNorma
Distance365.0 light-years (111.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.41
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.17
Spectral typeA3V
Surface temperature8,460 K
Luminosity32.4 L☉
Radius2.65 R☉
Mass2.45 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 44m 59.6s
Declination (J2000)−50° 47′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.41). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 39° N. South of latitude 39° 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 1661. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 77138, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.07, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Perseus. 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.