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Star · F0V

HIP 91196

HIP 91196 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Draco, 271.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance271.5 light-years (83.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.07
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.47
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature7,600 K
Luminosity22.6 L☉
Radius2.74 R☉
Mass2.21 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 36m 13.3s
Declination (J2000)+65° 29′ 19″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)42.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.07). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 25° S. North of latitude 25° N 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 1755. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 91196, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.43, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Volans. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 89865 7.96 light-years
  • HIP 91453 14.7 light-years
  • 37 Dra 18.4 light-years

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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.