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Star · B2IV

HIP 93299

HIP 93299 is a subgiant star of spectral type B2IV in the constellation Draco, 638.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance638.8 light-years (195.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.39
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.07
Spectral typeB2IV
Surface temperature13,170 K
Luminosity529 L☉
Radius4.42 R☉
Mass5.45 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 00m 13.7s
Declination (J2000)+50° 32′ 00″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.39). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1387. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 93299, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.29, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. 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.