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Star · A0IV

HIP 108845

HIP 108845 is a subgiant star of spectral type A0IV in the constellation Cygnus, 528.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance528.7 light-years (162.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.57
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.48
Spectral typeA0IV
Surface temperature10,500 K
Luminosity198 L☉
Radius4.25 R☉
Mass4.12 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 02m 56.7s
Declination (J2000)+44° 38′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.57). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 45° S. North of latitude 45° 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 1497. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 108845, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.88, 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.