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Star · K5

HIP 111649

HIP 111649 is a supergiant star of spectral type K5 in the constellation Pegasus, 760.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance760.5 light-years (233.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.54
Spectral typeK5
Surface temperature3,900 K
Luminosity451 L☉
Radius46.5 R☉
Mass5.21 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 37m 04.9s
Declination (J2000)+12° 34′ 37″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)41.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.30). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 77° S. North of latitude 77° 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 1266. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 111649, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.67, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. 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.