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Star · B5V

HIP 94157

HIP 94157 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B5V in the constellation Corona Australis, 1,550 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorona Australis
Distance1,550 light-years (475.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.86
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.52
Spectral typeB5V
Surface temperature11,250 K
Luminosity1,470 L☉
Radius10.1 R☉
Mass7.3 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 09m 57.7s
Declination (J2000)−41° 53′ 32″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.86). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 48° N. South of latitude 48° 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 476. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 27 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 94157, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.