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Star · B2III

HIP 91014

HIP 91014 is a giant star of spectral type B2III in the constellation Sagittarius, 1,200 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance1,200 light-years (367.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.55
Spectral typeB2III
Surface temperature11,830 K
Luminosity1,660 L☉
Radius9.69 R☉
Mass7.55 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 33m 57.8s
Declination (J2000)−33° 00′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)21.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.28). 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 826. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 21 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 91014, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.66, 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.