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Star · A2

HIP 90541

HIP 90541 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2 in the constellation Corona Australis, 391.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorona Australis
Distance391.0 light-years (119.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.63
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.24
Spectral typeA2
Surface temperature8,660 K
Luminosity78.2 L☉
Radius3.93 R☉
Mass3.16 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 28m 27.1s
Declination (J2000)−38° 59′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.63). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 51° N. South of latitude 51° 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 1635. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 90541, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.22, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.