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Star · B7III

HIP 90336

HIP 90336 is a giant star of spectral type B7III in the constellation Sagittarius, 1,332 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance1,332 light-years (408.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.76
Spectral typeB7III
Surface temperature11,170 K
Luminosity717 L☉
Radius7.15 R☉
Mass5.94 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 25m 54.6s
Declination (J2000)−33° 56′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.30). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 56° N. South of latitude 56° S 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 694. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 24 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 90336, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. 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.