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Star · A4V

HIP 83342

HIP 83342 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A4V in the constellation Ophiuchus, 365.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance365.4 light-years (112.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.33
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.08
Spectral typeA4V
Surface temperature9,120 K
Luminosity38.1 L☉
Radius2.47 R☉
Mass2.57 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 01m 59.0s
Declination (J2000)+8° 27′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.33). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 82° S. 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 1661. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 83342, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. 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.