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Star · F5V

HIP 103892

HIP 103892 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F5V in the constellation Aquarius, 209.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance209.8 light-years (64.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.24
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.20
Spectral typeF5V
Surface temperature6,490 K
Luminosity11.3 L☉
Radius2.66 R☉
Mass1.83 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 03m 03.0s
Declination (J2000)+1° 31′ 55″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)37.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.24). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 88° S. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1816. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 103892, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.87, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 103987 7.52 light-years
  • HIP 104481 9.20 light-years
  • HIP 105399 19.2 light-years
  • HIP 104606 19.9 light-years

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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.