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Star · A2

HIP 91142

HIP 91142 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2 in the constellation Serpens, 372.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSerpens
Distance372.6 light-years (114.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.18
Spectral typeA2
Surface temperature9,280 K
Luminosity35.6 L☉
Radius2.31 R☉
Mass2.52 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 35m 36.5s
Declination (J2000)+4° 56′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.47). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° S. 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 1653. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 91142, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. 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.