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Star · F5II

HIP 86732

HIP 86732 is a bright giant star of spectral type F5II in the constellation Hercules, 359.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHercules
Distance359.4 light-years (110.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.22
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.01
Spectral typeF5II
Surface temperature6,740 K
Luminosity33.5 L☉
Radius4.24 R☉
Mass2.48 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 43m 22.0s
Declination (J2000)+14° 17′ 43″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)43.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.22). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° 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 1667. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 86732, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.04, 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.