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Star · K1III

HIP 109592

HIP 109592 is a giant star of spectral type K1III in the constellation Cepheus, 411.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance411.8 light-years (126.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.37
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.14
Spectral typeK1III
Surface temperature4,340 K
Luminosity200 L☉
Radius25 R☉
Mass4.13 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 12m 02.0s
Declination (J2000)+60° 45′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)8.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.37). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 29° S. North of latitude 29° 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 1614. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 109592, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.34, 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.