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Star · A4V

HIP 89512

HIP 89512 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A4V in the constellation Serpens, 460.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSerpens
Distance460.1 light-years (141.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.35
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.60
Spectral typeA4V
Surface temperature8,160 K
Luminosity52.6 L☉
Radius3.63 R☉
Mass2.82 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 15m 57.9s
Declination (J2000)−3° 37′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.35). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. 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 1566. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 89512, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.58, 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.