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Star · G8IV

HIP 113852

HIP 113852 is a subgiant star of spectral type G8IV in the constellation Cassiopeia, 283.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCassiopeia
Distance283.0 light-years (86.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.43
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.74
Spectral typeG8IV
Surface temperature5,000 K
Luminosity23.7 L☉
Radius6.48 R☉
Mass2.24 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 03m 21.4s
Declination (J2000)+58° 33′ 50″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.43). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° 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 1743. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 113852, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

The catalogue has no other star within 20 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.