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Star · B8IV

HIP 97067

HIP 97067 is a subgiant star of spectral type B8IV in the constellation Sagittarius, 969.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance969.7 light-years (297.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.14
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.23
Spectral typeB8IV
Surface temperature9,890 K
Luminosity358 L☉
Radius6.44 R☉
Mass4.88 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 43m 37.6s
Declination (J2000)−37° 32′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.14). 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 1056. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 17 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 97067, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.20, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lynx. 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.