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Star · A9V

HIP 95453

HIP 95453 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A9V in the constellation Aquila, 407.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquila
Distance407.6 light-years (125.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.02
Spectral typeA9V
Surface temperature7,220 K
Luminosity33.6 L☉
Radius3.71 R☉
Mass2.48 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 25m 01.5s
Declination (J2000)−4° 53′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)47.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.50). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 85° N. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1618. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 95453, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canis Minor. 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.