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Star · G8III

HIP 92689

HIP 92689 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Draco, 291.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance291.3 light-years (89.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.92
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.17
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature4,990 K
Luminosity102 L☉
Radius13.5 R☉
Mass3.4 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 53m 13.5s
Declination (J2000)+50° 42′ 30″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)12.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.92). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1735. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92689, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 92467 8.11 light-years
  • Kepler-408 12.6 light-years
  • HIP 93029 19.2 light-years

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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.