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Star · B8III

HIP 115148

HIP 115148 is a giant star of spectral type B8III in the constellation Pegasus, 962.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance962.8 light-years (295.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.03
Spectral typeB8III
Surface temperature10,840 K
Luminosity348 L☉
Radius5.29 R☉
Mass4.84 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 19m 27.4s
Declination (J2000)+34° 47′ 35″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.32). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 55° S. North of latitude 55° 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 1063. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 17 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 115148, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.