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Star · A0V

HIP 80324

HIP 80324 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Scorpius, 450.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationScorpius
Distance450.9 light-years (138.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.45
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.75
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature9,970 K
Luminosity58.9 L☉
Radius2.57 R☉
Mass2.91 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 23m 56.7s
Declination (J2000)−33° 11′ 58″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.45). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 57° N. South of latitude 57° 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 1575. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 80324, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.53, 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.