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Star · G8III

HIP 92831

HIP 92831 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Lyra, 264.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLyra
Distance264.4 light-years (81.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.46
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.92
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature4,660 K
Luminosity60.4 L☉
Radius11.9 R☉
Mass2.93 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 54m 52.2s
Declination (J2000)+41° 36′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)9.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.46). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° 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 1762. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92831, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.37, 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 93327 8.12 light-years
  • HIP 91658 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 92615 16.0 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.