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Star · A5IV

HIP 108759

HIP 108759 is a subgiant star of spectral type A5IV in the constellation Octans, 333.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOctans
Distance333.5 light-years (102.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.39
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.34
Spectral typeA5IV
Surface temperature7,930 K
Luminosity26.1 L☉
Radius2.7 R☉
Mass2.31 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 01m 52.6s
Declination (J2000)−77° 39′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)6.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.39). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 12° N. South of latitude 12° S it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1692. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 108759, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.88, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. 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.