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Star · B7III

11 Per

11 Per is a giant star of spectral type B7III in the constellation Perseus, 419.5 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 12692
ConstellationPerseus
Distance419.5 light-years (128.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.76
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.21
Spectral typeB7III
Surface temperature11,740 K
Luminosity128 L☉
Radius2.74 R☉
Mass3.64 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 43m 02.8s
Declination (J2000)+55° 06′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.76). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 35° S. North of latitude 35° 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 1606. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 11 Per, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.38, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. 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.