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Star · F0IV

HIP 114831

HIP 114831 is a subgiant star of spectral type F0IV in the constellation Cepheus, 374.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance374.4 light-years (114.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.55
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.25
Spectral typeF0IV
Surface temperature7,710 K
Luminosity69.9 L☉
Radius4.69 R☉
Mass3.06 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 15m 37.7s
Declination (J2000)+70° 53′ 17″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.55). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 19° S. North of latitude 19° 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 1652. 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 114831, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.13, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. 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.