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Star · A3

HIP 90510

HIP 90510 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3 in the constellation Sagittarius, 260.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance260.2 light-years (79.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.77
Spectral typeA3
Surface temperature8,510 K
Luminosity18.7 L☉
Radius1.99 R☉
Mass2.1 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 28m 06.2s
Declination (J2000)−26° 45′ 26″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 63° N. South of latitude 63° 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 1766. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 90510, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.34, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Gemini. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 90478 5.43 light-years
  • HIP 90504 7.41 light-years
  • HIP 90154 10.0 light-years
  • HIP 90861 10.2 light-years
  • HIP 89829 14.3 light-years
  • HIP 91095 19.3 light-years
  • φ Sgr 19.8 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.