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Star · F2V

HIP 97700

HIP 97700 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2V in the constellation Cygnus, 213.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance213.0 light-years (65.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.22
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.14
Spectral typeF2V
Surface temperature6,890 K
Luminosity11.8 L☉
Radius2.41 R☉
Mass1.85 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 51m 19.4s
Declination (J2000)+47° 22′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.22). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 43° S. North of latitude 43° N 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 1813. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 97700, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.91, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • Kepler-409 14.2 light-years
  • HIP 95631 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 99698 19.2 light-years

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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.