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Star · F0V

HIP 80480

HIP 80480 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Ursa Minor, 135.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Minor
Distance135.5 light-years (41.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.55
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.46
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature7,800 K
Luminosity9.23 L☉
Radius1.66 R☉
Mass1.74 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 25m 43.1s
Declination (J2000)+78° 57′ 50″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.55). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 11° S. North of latitude 11° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1890. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 80480, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Mensa. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 75407 11.1 light-years
  • GJ 3876 14.3 light-years
  • HIP 89320 14.4 light-years
  • 40 Dra 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 85887 14.7 light-years
  • Kochab 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 74466 17.7 light-years
  • HIP 87079 17.8 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.