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Star · F5V

HIP 90936

HIP 90936 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F5V in the constellation Corona Australis, 120.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorona Australis
Distance120.5 light-years (36.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.22
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.38
Spectral typeF5V
Surface temperature6,730 K
Luminosity3.77 L☉
Radius1.43 R☉
Mass1.39 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 33m 00.9s
Declination (J2000)−39° 53′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.22). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 50° N. South of latitude 50° 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 1906. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 90936, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.67, 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 91862 8.67 light-years
  • HIP 90706 12.3 light-years
  • HIP 90848 14.0 light-years
  • Meridiana 15.5 light-years
  • HIP 91700 16.4 light-years
  • GJ 9624 17.9 light-years
  • η Sgr 18.8 light-years
  • GJ 4096 19.1 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.