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Star · A0

HIP 85333

HIP 85333 is a supergiant star of spectral type A0 in the constellation Ophiuchus, 1,096 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance1,096 light-years (336.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.01
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.62
Spectral typeA0
Surface temperature6,000 K
Luminosity399 L☉
Radius18.5 R☉
Mass5.03 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 26m 19.0s
Declination (J2000)+7° 35′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.01). 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 930. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 19 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 85333, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.46, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Orion. 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.