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Star · B5V

HIP 110408

HIP 110408 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B5V in the constellation Lacerta, 702.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLacerta
Distance702.9 light-years (215.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.38
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.29
Spectral typeB5V
Surface temperature11,340 K
Luminosity191 L☉
Radius3.58 R☉
Mass4.07 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 21m 50.9s
Declination (J2000)+42° 04′ 41″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.6 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 48° S. North of latitude 48° 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 1323. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 110408, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.50, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vela. 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.