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Star · F0III

HIP 11090

HIP 11090 is a giant star of spectral type F0III in the constellation Andromeda, 157.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance157.6 light-years (48.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.81
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.39
Spectral typeF0III
Surface temperature7,530 K
Luminosity9.63 L☉
Radius1.82 R☉
Mass1.76 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 22m 50.3s
Declination (J2000)+41° 23′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)44.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.81). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 49° S. North of latitude 49° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1868. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 11090, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.25, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HD 13931 8.04 light-years
  • Gl 92.2 8.59 light-years
  • HIP 12509 11.6 light-years
  • HIP 12635 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 9151 16.4 light-years
  • HIP 12790 17.8 light-years
  • HIP 9059 19.7 light-years

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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.