Your Eyes In Space Open the simulation

Star · A0V

HIP 78445

HIP 78445 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Lupus, 424.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLupus
Distance424.2 light-years (130.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.21
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.64
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature10,000 K
Luminosity65.4 L☉
Radius2.69 R☉
Mass3 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 00m 53.7s
Declination (J2000)−40° 26′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.21). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 50° N. South of latitude 50° 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 1602. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 78445, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.40, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Perseus. 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.