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Star · A2IV

HIP 91843

HIP 91843 is a subgiant star of spectral type A2IV in the constellation Draco, 917.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance917.9 light-years (281.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.07
Spectral typeA2IV
Surface temperature9,090 K
Luminosity275 L☉
Radius6.69 R☉
Mass4.52 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 43m 29.0s
Declination (J2000)+53° 52′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.18). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 36° S. North of latitude 36° 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 1108. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 91843, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. 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.