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Star · A0V

HIP 95487

HIP 95487 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Vulpecula, 412.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVulpecula
Distance412.7 light-years (126.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.31
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.80
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature10,300 K
Luminosity59.2 L☉
Radius2.42 R☉
Mass2.92 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 25m 22.4s
Declination (J2000)+20° 16′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.31). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 70° S. North of latitude 70° N it never sets. 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 1613. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 95487, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.34, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canis Major. 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.