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Star · F3V

HIP 83202

HIP 83202 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F3V in the constellation Scorpius, 195.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationScorpius
Distance195.6 light-years (60.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.61
Spectral typeF3V
Surface temperature6,860 K
Luminosity7.67 L☉
Radius1.96 R☉
Mass1.66 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 00m 14.3s
Declination (J2000)−44° 59′ 19″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.50). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 45° N. South of latitude 45° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1830. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 83202, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 83288 8.35 light-years
  • HIP 82284 9.30 light-years
  • HIP 83707 10.5 light-years
  • HIP 83001 10.6 light-years
  • HIP 85211 14.8 light-years
  • HIP 84879 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 81176 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 81071 17.3 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.