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Star · G8IV

HIP 105390

HIP 105390 is a subgiant star of spectral type G8IV in the constellation Cygnus, 231.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance231.5 light-years (71.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.45
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.19
Spectral typeG8IV
Surface temperature5,270 K
Luminosity14 L☉
Radius4.48 R☉
Mass1.93 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 20m 50.1s
Declination (J2000)+32° 27′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)38.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.45). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° N 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 1794. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 105390, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.09, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pyxis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 104421 13.7 light-years
  • HIP 106473 13.7 light-years
  • TOI-1278 19.8 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.