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Star · F0V

HIP 112746

HIP 112746 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, 227.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPiscis Austrinus
Distance227.1 light-years (69.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.34
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.13
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature7,360 K
Luminosity12.1 L☉
Radius2.15 R☉
Mass1.87 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 49m 59.2s
Declination (J2000)−32° 48′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.34). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 57° N. South of latitude 57° 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 1799. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 112746, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.04, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Leo Minor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • GJ 9800B 2.30 light-years
  • γ PsA 4.74 light-years
  • HIP 113213 7.61 light-years
  • HIP 112064 10.3 light-years
  • HIP 113447 12.9 light-years
  • HIP 113179 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 114139 19.1 light-years

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.