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Star · F5III

HIP 105695

HIP 105695 is a giant star of spectral type F5III in the constellation Equuleus, 373.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationEquuleus
Distance373.9 light-years (114.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.33
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.03
Spectral typeF5III
Surface temperature6,510 K
Luminosity33 L☉
Radius4.52 R☉
Mass2.47 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 24m 24.6s
Declination (J2000)+10° 10′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)54.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.33). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° S. North of latitude 80° 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 1652. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 105695, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.13, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. 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.