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Star · G6III

HIP 109190

HIP 109190 is a giant star of spectral type G6III in the constellation Cepheus, 642.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance642.7 light-years (197.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.34
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.13
Spectral typeG6III
Surface temperature5,060 K
Luminosity130 L☉
Radius14.8 R☉
Mass3.65 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 07m 09.6s
Declination (J2000)+58° 50′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.34). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° 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 1383. 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 109190, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.30, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. 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.