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Star · A3

HIP 113048

HIP 113048 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3 in the constellation Lacerta, 179.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLacerta
Distance179.7 light-years (55.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.79
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.08
Spectral typeA3
Surface temperature7,580 K
Luminosity12.8 L☉
Radius2.07 R☉
Mass1.89 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 53m 40.2s
Declination (J2000)+44° 44′ 57″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.79). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 45° S. North of latitude 45° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1846. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 113048, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vela. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 112417 5.16 light-years
  • HIP 111748 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 112042 15.5 light-years
  • HIP 112745 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 112475 19.0 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.