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Star · B2IV

HIP 97607

HIP 97607 is a subgiant star of spectral type B2IV in the constellation Aquila, 2,135 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquila
Distance2,135 light-years (654.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.49
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.59
Spectral typeB2IV
Surface temperature11,340 K
Luminosity1,590 L☉
Radius10.3 R☉
Mass7.46 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 50m 17.5s
Declination (J2000)+7° 54′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.49). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 82° S. 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 110 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 38 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 97607, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.91, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. 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.