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Star · K3III

HIP 92008

HIP 92008 is a giant star of spectral type K3III in the constellation Pavo, 794.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPavo
Distance794.4 light-years (243.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.04
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.89
Spectral typeK3III
Surface temperature3,820 K
Luminosity694 L☉
Radius60.2 R☉
Mass5.89 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 45m 11.5s
Declination (J2000)−61° 05′ 43″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)42.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.04). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 29° N. South of latitude 29° S 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 1232. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 14 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92008, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lynx. 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.