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Star · A5V

HIP 85922

HIP 85922 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A5V in the constellation Ophiuchus, 152.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance152.7 light-years (46.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.61
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.26
Spectral typeA5V
Surface temperature8,260 K
Luminosity11.6 L☉
Radius1.66 R☉
Mass1.85 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 33m 29.8s
Declination (J2000)−5° 44′ 41″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.61). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° N. 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 1873. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 85922, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Orion. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 87034 9.74 light-years
  • Gl 668.1 9.88 light-years
  • HIP 86509 11.8 light-years
  • HIP 85675 16.2 light-years
  • HIP 84633 17.7 light-years
  • HIP 87710 17.9 light-years
  • HIP 84182 20.0 light-years
  • HIP 85397 20.0 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.