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Star · G2I

HIP 106267

HIP 106267 is a supergiant star of spectral type G2I in the constellation Cygnus, 1,367 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance1,367 light-years (419.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.17
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.94
Spectral typeG2I
Surface temperature5,000 K
Luminosity704 L☉
Radius35.4 R☉
Mass5.91 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 31m 27.5s
Declination (J2000)+52° 37′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.17). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 37° S. North of latitude 37° 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 659. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 24 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 106267, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.94, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vela. 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.