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Star · B3V

HIP 92989

HIP 92989 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B3V in the constellation Corona Australis, 476.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorona Australis
Distance476.7 light-years (146.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.36
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.46
Spectral typeB3V
Surface temperature12,430 K
Luminosity268 L☉
Radius3.53 R☉
Mass4.49 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 56m 40.5s
Declination (J2000)−37° 20′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.36). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 53° N. South of latitude 53° 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 1549. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 92989, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.65, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. 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.