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HIP 107893

HIP 107893 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A in the constellation Cepheus, 276.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance276.3 light-years (84.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.37
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.73
Spectral typeA
Surface temperature7,580 K
Luminosity17.7 L☉
Radius2.44 R☉
Mass2.07 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 51m 37.3s
Declination (J2000)+65° 45′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)9.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.37). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 24° S. North of latitude 24° 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 1750. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 107893, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.47, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 106047 13.1 light-years
  • HIP 110214 15.1 light-years

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.