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Star · M4III

HIP 111795

HIP 111795 is a giant star of spectral type M4III in the constellation Lacerta, 451.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLacerta
Distance451.5 light-years (138.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.11
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.60
Spectral typeM4III
Surface temperature3,740 K
Luminosity587 L☉
Radius57.8 R☉
Mass5.62 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 38m 37.9s
Declination (J2000)+56° 47′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)41.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.11). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 33° S. North of latitude 33° 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 1574. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 111795, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vela. 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.