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Star · B4V

HIP 93225

HIP 93225 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B4V in the constellation Sagittarius, 476.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance476.8 light-years (146.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.51
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.31
Spectral typeB4V
Surface temperature10,630 K
Luminosity174 L☉
Radius3.89 R☉
Mass3.97 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 59m 23.8s
Declination (J2000)−12° 50′ 26″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.51). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 77° N. South of latitude 77° 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 93225, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.65, 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.