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Star · K0

HIP 91533

HIP 91533 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Lyra, 645.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLyra
Distance645.1 light-years (197.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.43
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.05
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature5,000 K
Luminosity123 L☉
Radius14.8 R☉
Mass3.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 40m 01.9s
Declination (J2000)+30° 50′ 58″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)60.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.43). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 59° S. North of latitude 59° 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 1381. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 91533, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canis Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.