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Star · B1V

HIP 111546

HIP 111546 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B1V in the constellation Lacerta, 1,724 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLacerta
Distance1,724 light-years (528.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.73
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.89
Spectral typeB1V
Surface temperature12,690 K
Luminosity2,610 L☉
Radius10.6 R☉
Mass8.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 35m 52.3s
Declination (J2000)+39° 38′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)17.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.73). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 50° S. North of latitude 50° 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 302. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 31 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 111546, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.45, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Antlia. 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.