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Star · A0III

HIP 109124

HIP 109124 is a giant star of spectral type A0III in the constellation Cepheus, 594.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance594.6 light-years (182.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.38
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.08
Spectral typeA0III
Surface temperature11,420 K
Luminosity138 L☉
Radius3 R☉
Mass3.71 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 06m 13.6s
Declination (J2000)+56° 20′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.38). 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 1431. 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 109124, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.13, 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.