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Star · M0III

HIP 93718

HIP 93718 is a giant star of spectral type M0III in the constellation Lyra, 556.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLyra
Distance556.4 light-years (170.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.63
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.53
Spectral typeM0III
Surface temperature3,720 K
Luminosity565 L☉
Radius57.1 R☉
Mass5.55 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 04m 57.9s
Declination (J2000)+31° 44′ 39″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)87.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.63). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1470. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 93718, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.99, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canis Major. 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.