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Star · A1V

HIP 85290

HIP 85290 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Draco, 320.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance320.2 light-years (98.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.65
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.69
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature9,840 K
Luminosity60.8 L☉
Radius2.69 R☉
Mass2.94 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 25m 41.3s
Declination (J2000)+60° 02′ 54″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)12.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.65). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 30° S. North of latitude 30° N 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 1706. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 85290, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Dorado. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 85086 17.5 light-years
  • HIP 84837 18.9 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.