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Star · A0V

HIP 9312

HIP 9312 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Cassiopeia, 257.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCassiopeia
Distance257.1 light-years (78.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.29
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.81
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature10,100 K
Luminosity56.9 L☉
Radius2.46 R☉
Mass2.88 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 59m 38.0s
Declination (J2000)+64° 37′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.29). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 25° S. North of latitude 25° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1769. 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 9312, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Circinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

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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.