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Star · B8V

HIP 92593

HIP 92593 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B8V in the constellation Hercules, 746.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHercules
Distance746.0 light-years (228.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.19
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.61
Spectral typeB8V
Surface temperature10,230 K
Luminosity213 L☉
Radius4.65 R☉
Mass4.21 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 52m 01.9s
Declination (J2000)+13° 57′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.19). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° N it never sets. 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 1280. 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 92593, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.63, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canis Major. 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.