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Star · K1III

HIP 112368

HIP 112368 is a giant star of spectral type K1III in the constellation Pegasus, 194.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance194.0 light-years (59.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.37
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.50
Spectral typeK1III
Surface temperature4,910 K
Luminosity12.3 L☉
Radius4.85 R☉
Mass1.87 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 45m 34.5s
Declination (J2000)+30° 26′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)121.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.37). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 60° S. North of latitude 60° 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 1832. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 112368, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.70, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • Matar 2.92 light-years
  • HIP 113069 14.2 light-years
  • Scheat 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 112422 19.8 light-years

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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.