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Star · A5V

HIP 90763

HIP 90763 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A5V in the constellation Sagittarius, 306.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance306.4 light-years (93.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.37
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.51
Spectral typeA5V
Surface temperature8,300 K
Luminosity58.5 L☉
Radius3.69 R☉
Mass2.91 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 31m 04.8s
Declination (J2000)−32° 59′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.37). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 57° N. South of latitude 57° 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 1720. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 90763, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 91002 10.6 light-years
  • HIP 90450 16.2 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.