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Star · A1V

HIP 109442

HIP 109442 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Aquarius, 446.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance446.1 light-years (136.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.60
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature10,200 K
Luminosity70 L☉
Radius2.68 R☉
Mass3.06 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 10m 21.1s
Declination (J2000)−3° 53′ 39″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. 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 1580. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 109442, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.51, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sextans. 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.