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Star · G5III

HIP 91985

HIP 91985 is a giant star of spectral type G5III in the constellation Draco, 901.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance901.4 light-years (276.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.26
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.95
Spectral typeG5III
Surface temperature5,170 K
Luminosity263 L☉
Radius20.2 R☉
Mass4.46 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 44m 55.4s
Declination (J2000)+54° 53′ 50″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.26). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 35° S. North of latitude 35° 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 1125. 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 91985, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.04, 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.