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Star · G8

HIP 94150

HIP 94150 is a giant star of spectral type G8 in the constellation Pavo, 120.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPavo
Distance120.2 light-years (36.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.31
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.48
Spectral typeG8
Surface temperature4,990 K
Luminosity12.1 L☉
Radius4.64 R☉
Mass1.86 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 09m 52.9s
Declination (J2000)−68° 25′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.31). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 22° N. South of latitude 22° 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 1906. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 94150, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.66, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Camelopardalis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 94154 0.74 light-years
  • HIP 96334 7.19 light-years
  • HIP 91638 12.1 light-years
  • HD 175607 12.7 light-years
  • HIP 98764 15.5 light-years
  • GJ 4033 16.3 light-years
  • HIP 87292 16.6 light-years
  • HIP 95644 16.7 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.