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Star · B4III

HIP 92687

HIP 92687 is a giant star of spectral type B4III in the constellation Telescopium, 1,135 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTelescopium
Distance1,135 light-years (348.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.41
Spectral typeB4III
Surface temperature11,440 K
Luminosity544 L☉
Radius5.94 R☉
Mass5.49 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 53m 12.0s
Declination (J2000)−51° 55′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.30). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° S 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 891. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 20 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92687, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lynx. 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.