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Star · A4V

HIP 106605

HIP 106605 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A4V in the constellation Pegasus, 644.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance644.6 light-years (197.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.22
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.26
Spectral typeA4V
Surface temperature8,650 K
Luminosity123 L☉
Radius4.94 R☉
Mass3.59 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 35m 27.0s
Declination (J2000)+24° 27′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)34.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.22). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° 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 1381. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 106605, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.31, 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.