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Star · F0V

HIP 86769

HIP 86769 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Serpens, 142.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSerpens
Distance142.6 light-years (43.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.36
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.16
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature6,970 K
Luminosity4.64 L☉
Radius1.48 R☉
Mass1.47 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 43m 48.4s
Declination (J2000)−13° 30′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.36). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 76° N. South of latitude 76° 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 1883. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 86769, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.03, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 87207 8.78 light-years
  • HIP 85397 10.6 light-years
  • ν Oph 13.1 light-years
  • HIP 86509 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 87388 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 87710 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 86938 16.1 light-years
  • ο Ser 16.9 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.