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Star · B1V

HIP 112144

HIP 112144 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B1V in the constellation Lacerta, 1,508 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLacerta
Distance1,508 light-years (462.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.43
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.90
Spectral typeB1V
Surface temperature11,900 K
Luminosity920 L☉
Radius7.13 R☉
Mass6.38 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 42m 55.4s
Declination (J2000)+37° 48′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)21.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.43). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 52° S. North of latitude 52° 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 518. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 27 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 112144, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.16, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Antlia. 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.