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Star · B6IV

HIP 107930

HIP 107930 is a subgiant star of spectral type B6IV in the constellation Cepheus, 637.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance637.4 light-years (195.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.75
Spectral typeB6IV
Surface temperature11,260 K
Luminosity290 L☉
Radius4.47 R☉
Mass4.59 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 52m 01.0s
Declination (J2000)+55° 47′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)17.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.70). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 34° S. North of latitude 34° 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 1389. 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 107930, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.28, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vela. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.