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Star · B5IV

HIP 107173

HIP 107173 is a subgiant star of spectral type B5IV in the constellation Pegasus, 507.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance507.4 light-years (155.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.06
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.10
Spectral typeB5IV
Surface temperature11,830 K
Luminosity145 L☉
Radius2.86 R☉
Mass3.76 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 42m 33.0s
Declination (J2000)+10° 49′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)12.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.06). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 79° S. North of latitude 79° 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 1519. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 107173, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sextans. 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.