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Star · K0II

93 Her

93 Her is a bright giant star of spectral type K0II in the constellation Hercules, 757.8 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 88128
ConstellationHercules
Distance757.8 light-years (232.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.16
Spectral typeK0II
Surface temperature4,210 K
Luminosity1,450 L☉
Radius71.8 R☉
Mass7.28 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 00m 03.4s
Declination (J2000)+16° 45′ 03″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.67). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 73° S. North of latitude 73° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1268. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 93 Her, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.66, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lepus. 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.