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Star · B8V

HIP 105148

HIP 105148 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B8V in the constellation Pavo, 548.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPavo
Distance548.6 light-years (168.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.19
Spectral typeB8V
Surface temperature11,000 K
Luminosity116 L☉
Radius2.97 R☉
Mass3.53 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 18m 00.5s
Declination (J2000)−64° 40′ 54″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.32). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 25° N. South of latitude 25° S it never sets. 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 1477. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 105148, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.96, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.