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Star · K2

HIP 110873

HIP 110873 is a supergiant star of spectral type K2 in the constellation Pegasus, 807.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance807.0 light-years (247.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.00
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.97
Spectral typeK2
Surface temperature3,880 K
Luminosity684 L☉
Radius57.8 R☉
Mass5.87 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 27m 46.3s
Declination (J2000)+31° 50′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)68.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.00). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1219. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 14 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 110873, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.80, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Antlia. 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.