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Star · A9III

HIP 111314

HIP 111314 is a giant star of spectral type A9III in the constellation Cepheus, 253.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance253.4 light-years (77.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.01
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.56
Spectral typeA9III
Surface temperature7,250 K
Luminosity20.4 L☉
Radius2.86 R☉
Mass2.15 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 33m 02.9s
Declination (J2000)+69° 54′ 49″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)49.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.01). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 20° S. North of latitude 20° 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 1773. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 111314, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.28, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

The catalogue has no other star within 20 light-years.

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.