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Star · K4III

HIP 113116

HIP 113116 is a giant star of spectral type K4III in the constellation Cepheus, 373.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance373.1 light-years (114.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.59
Spectral typeK4III
Surface temperature3,920 K
Luminosity462 L☉
Radius46.6 R☉
Mass5.24 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 54m 24.9s
Declination (J2000)+84° 20′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)55.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.70). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 6° S. North of latitude 6° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1653. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 113116, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Octans. 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.