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Star · A2V

HIP 113673

HIP 113673 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Aquarius, 421.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance421.2 light-years (129.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.71
Spectral typeA2V
Surface temperature8,780 K
Luminosity51.1 L☉
Radius3.09 R☉
Mass2.8 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 01m 23.0s
Declination (J2000)−22° 47′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.27). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 67° N. South of latitude 67° S 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 1605. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 113673, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.39, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Leo. 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.