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Star · B9

HIP 92599

HIP 92599 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B9 in the constellation Lyra, 1,041 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLyra
Distance1,041 light-years (319.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.24
Spectral typeB9
Surface temperature11,290 K
Luminosity455 L☉
Radius5.57 R☉
Mass5.22 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 52m 07.2s
Declination (J2000)+41° 22′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 49° S. North of latitude 49° 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 985. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92599, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.35, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. 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.