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Star · G8III

HIP 109375

HIP 109375 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Aquarius, 553.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance553.7 light-years (169.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.36
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.21
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature4,940 K
Luminosity99.6 L☉
Radius13.6 R☉
Mass3.38 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 09m 29.0s
Declination (J2000)−23° 39′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.36). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 66° N. South of latitude 66° S 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 1472. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 109375, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.98, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Leo. 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.