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Star · K5III

HIP 92731

HIP 92731 is a giant star of spectral type K5III in the constellation Draco, 598.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance598.4 light-years (183.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.24
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.08
Spectral typeK5III
Surface temperature4,230 K
Luminosity210 L☉
Radius27 R☉
Mass4.18 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 53m 46.3s
Declination (J2000)+57° 29′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.24). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 33° S. North of latitude 33° 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 1428. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92731, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.15, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. 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.