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Star · A1

HIP 97697

HIP 97697 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1 in the constellation Aquila, 330.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquila
Distance330.6 light-years (101.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.25
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.22
Spectral typeA1
Surface temperature9,010 K
Luminosity33.1 L☉
Radius2.36 R☉
Mass2.47 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 51m 17.7s
Declination (J2000)+9° 37′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.25). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° 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 the year 1695. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 97697, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.86, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. 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.