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Star · B3II

HIP 92814

HIP 92814 is a bright giant star of spectral type B3II in the constellation Scutum, 1,846 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationScutum
Distance1,846 light-years (566.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.08
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −3.68
Spectral typeB3II
Surface temperature8,650 K
Luminosity2,890 L☉
Radius23.9 R☉
Mass8.85 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 54m 43.1s
Declination (J2000)−15° 36′ 11″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.08). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 74° N. South of latitude 74° 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 180. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 33 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92814, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.59, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Gemini. 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.