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Star · A6

HIP 95077

HIP 95077 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A6 in the constellation Sagittarius, 185.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance185.0 light-years (56.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.59
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.82
Spectral typeA6
Surface temperature7,620 K
Luminosity16.3 L☉
Radius2.32 R☉
Mass2.02 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 20m 38.2s
Declination (J2000)−22° 24′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.59). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 68° N. South of latitude 68° 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 1841. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 95077, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.60, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Gemini. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 95677 14.5 light-years
  • 52 Sgr 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 94491 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 96792 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 94129 18.6 light-years

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.