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Star · F2III

HIP 93552

HIP 93552 is a giant star of spectral type F2III in the constellation Corona Australis, 213.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorona Australis
Distance213.2 light-years (65.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.73
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.65
Spectral typeF2III
Surface temperature7,290 K
Luminosity18.7 L☉
Radius2.71 R☉
Mass2.1 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 03m 17.7s
Declination (J2000)−38° 15′ 11″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)6.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.73). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 52° N. South of latitude 52° 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 1813. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 93552, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.91, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 93074 12.4 light-years
  • HIP 94698 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 95327 15.8 light-years
  • λ CrA 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 94214 17.2 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.