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Star · F2I

HIP 92488

HIP 92488 is a supergiant star of spectral type F2I in the constellation Scutum, 1,884 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationScutum
Distance1,884 light-years (577.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.82
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.99
Spectral typeF2I
Surface temperature5,990 K
Luminosity1,410 L☉
Radius34.8 R☉
Mass7.21 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 50m 58.5s
Declination (J2000)−9° 46′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.82). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° 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 142. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 33 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92488, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.64, 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.