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Star · F1V

HIP 116824

HIP 116824 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F1V in the constellation Andromeda, 141.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance141.7 light-years (43.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.24
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.05
Spectral typeF1V
Surface temperature6,750 K
Luminosity5.12 L☉
Radius1.65 R☉
Mass1.5 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 40m 40.6s
Declination (J2000)+36° 43′ 15″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)48.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.24). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 53° S. North of latitude 53° 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 1884. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 116824, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.02, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • 12 And 11.2 light-years
  • HIP 74 11.2 light-years
  • HIP 115277 13.1 light-years
  • HIP 118251 16.0 light-years
  • HIP 118254 16.1 light-years
  • σ And 18.6 light-years
  • HIP 115610 19.5 light-years
  • HIP 118213 19.5 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.