HIP 48842 (HIP 48842)

HIP 48842 is a yellow star in the constellation Leo. At 1,638 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 8.99. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 61.9 km/s relative to the Sun.

Sky position: RA 9h 57.8m, Dec +15° 3.2'

Common designations: HIP 48842, Gaia DR3 616473771440291072

HIP 48842 has the spectral type G5. G-type stars are yellow stars of about 5,300 to 6,000 K, the same class as the Sun. Their spectra show strong lines of ionized calcium and many metals.

How to find HIP 48842 in the sky

HIP 48842 lies in Leo. With a declination of +15° 3.2', it is visible from the entire Northern Hemisphere and from the Southern Hemisphere down to about latitude 75° S. It is just beyond naked-eye visibility; binoculars will show it easily. It is highest in the sky at local midnight around March, which makes the weeks around that month the best time to observe it.

Tabulated data for HIP 48842

Astrometry and spectroscopy

Right Ascension (J2000)	149.43798132° (9h 57.8m)
Declination (J2000)	15.05291095° (+15° 3.2')
Galactic Longitude	220.54196724°
Galactic Latitude	47.95820591°
Proper motion RA	-24.73 mas/yr
Proper motion Dec	4.36 mas/yr
Parallax	1.99 ± 0.06 mas
Spectral Type	G5
Radial Velocity	-16.08 km/s

Photometry

Band	Magnitude	Abs. Mag.
B	9.98	1.47
V	8.99	0.48
J	7.37	-1.14
H	6.86	-1.64
K	6.80	-1.70

Colour index B-V: +0.99

Derivations

Heliocentric distance: 502.36 pc (1,638 light years) (3.0% margin of error)
Absolute visual magnitude: 0.48
Transverse velocity: 59.8 km/s
Space velocity relative to the Sun: 61.9 km/s
Galactic position (X, Y, Z): -255.7 pc, -218.7 pc, 373.1 pc
Galactic velocity (U, V, W): -41.5 km/s, 8.5 km/s, -45.1 km/s

Data: Extended Hipparcos Compilation (XHIP) and SIMBAD.