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Star · A2

HIP 92296

HIP 92296 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2 in the constellation Scutum, 501.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationScutum
Distance501.4 light-years (153.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.49
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.56
Spectral typeA2
Surface temperature7,850 K
Luminosity53.4 L☉
Radius3.95 R☉
Mass2.83 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 48m 39.5s
Declination (J2000)−6° 00′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.49). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° N. 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 1525. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92296, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. 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.