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Star · K2

HIP 111934

HIP 111934 is a supergiant star of spectral type K2 in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, 547.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPiscis Austrinus
Distance547.9 light-years (168.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.88
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.25
Spectral typeK2
Surface temperature4,130 K
Luminosity269 L☉
Radius32.1 R☉
Mass4.49 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 40m 22.3s
Declination (J2000)−30° 39′ 32″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)205.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.88). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 59° N. South of latitude 59° S 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 1478. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 111934, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.96, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Leo Minor. 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.