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Star · A1III

HIP 111601

HIP 111601 is a giant star of spectral type A1III in the constellation Pegasus, 426.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance426.2 light-years (130.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.42
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.84
Spectral typeA1III
Surface temperature9,800 K
Luminosity52.8 L☉
Radius2.52 R☉
Mass2.82 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 36m 36.3s
Declination (J2000)+11° 41′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)11.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.42). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° 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 1600. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 111601, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.41, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. 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.