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Star · K5

HIP 92254

HIP 92254 is a supergiant star of spectral type K5 in the constellation Serpens, 744.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSerpens
Distance744.4 light-years (228.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.20
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.59
Spectral typeK5
Surface temperature3,780 K
Luminosity553 L☉
Radius54.8 R☉
Mass5.52 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 48m 02.7s
Declination (J2000)+4° 14′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)16.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.20). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 86° S. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1282. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92254, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.62, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. 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.