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Star · A5IV

HIP 85313

HIP 85313 is a subgiant star of spectral type A5IV in the constellation Hercules, 615.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHercules
Distance615.0 light-years (188.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.38
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.00
Spectral typeA5IV
Surface temperature8,800 K
Luminosity98.8 L☉
Radius4.27 R☉
Mass3.37 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 26m 00.9s
Declination (J2000)+26° 52′ 43″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)34.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.38). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 63° S. North of latitude 63° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1411. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 85313, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lepus. 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.