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Star · F5II

HIP 113174

HIP 113174 is a bright giant star of spectral type F5II in the constellation Lacerta, 139.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLacerta
Distance139.2 light-years (42.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.91
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.76
Spectral typeF5II
Surface temperature6,900 K
Luminosity6.69 L☉
Radius1.81 R☉
Mass1.61 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 55m 02.6s
Declination (J2000)+37° 04′ 37″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.91). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 53° S. North of latitude 53° 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 1887. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 113174, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.98, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Antlia. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • GJ 42991 6.19 light-years
  • HIP 113076 8.48 light-years
  • 12 And 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 113535 13.7 light-years
  • HIP 115277 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 113660 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 112914 17.1 light-years
  • HIP 110642 17.7 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.