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Star · A7IV

HIP 115746

HIP 115746 is a subgiant star of spectral type A7IV in the constellation Cepheus, 314.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance314.8 light-years (96.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.56
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.64
Spectral typeA7IV
Surface temperature7,800 K
Luminosity49.3 L☉
Radius3.85 R☉
Mass2.77 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 27m 00.9s
Declination (J2000)+87° 18′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)37.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.56). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 3° S. North of latitude 3° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1711. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 115746, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.75, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Octans. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 5122 9.77 light-years
  • HIP 5372 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 17195 19.8 light-years

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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.