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Star · A7V

HIP 83321

HIP 83321 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A7V in the constellation Ara, 340.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAra
Distance340.8 light-years (104.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.43
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.33
Spectral typeA7V
Surface temperature7,600 K
Luminosity25.5 L☉
Radius2.92 R☉
Mass2.29 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 01m 46.4s
Declination (J2000)−51° 07′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.43). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 39° N. South of latitude 39° 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 1685. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 83321, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.93, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. 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.