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HIP 82129

HIP 82129 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A in the constellation Triangulum Australe, 657.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTriangulum Australe
Distance657.2 light-years (201.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.42
Spectral typeA
Surface temperature11,250 K
Luminosity534 L☉
Radius6.08 R☉
Mass5.46 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 46m 40.0s
Declination (J2000)−67° 06′ 35″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.10). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 23° N. South of latitude 23° 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 1369. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 82129, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.35, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Camelopardalis. 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.