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Star · G5IV

HIP 93053

HIP 93053 is a subgiant star of spectral type G5IV in the constellation Draco, 338.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance338.7 light-years (103.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.42
Spectral typeG5IV
Surface temperature4,930 K
Luminosity33 L☉
Radius7.89 R☉
Mass2.47 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 57m 17.3s
Declination (J2000)+62° 23′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)21.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.50). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 28° S. North of latitude 28° 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 1687. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 93053, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.91, 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.