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Star · A1V

HIP 105432

HIP 105432 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Cygnus, 659.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance659.7 light-years (202.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.05
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.48
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature9,410 K
Luminosity168 L☉
Radius4.87 R☉
Mass3.92 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 21m 21.9s
Declination (J2000)+32° 36′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.05). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 57° S. North of latitude 57° 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 1366. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 105432, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.36, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pyxis. 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.