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Star · A2IV

HIP 77541

HIP 77541 is a subgiant star of spectral type A2IV in the constellation Norma, 245.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationNorma
Distance245.1 light-years (75.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.86
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.48
Spectral typeA2IV
Surface temperature9,350 K
Luminosity27.3 L☉
Radius1.99 R☉
Mass2.34 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 49m 57.5s
Declination (J2000)−48° 54′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)16.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.86). 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 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 1781. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 77541, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.21, 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 77649 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 77794 14.5 light-years
  • η Nor 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 75569 16.7 light-years
  • HIP 75555 18.6 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.