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Star · A0

HIP 97749

HIP 97749 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0 in the constellation Sagittarius, 315.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance315.4 light-years (96.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.39
Spectral typeA0
Surface temperature10,720 K
Luminosity92.1 L☉
Radius2.78 R☉
Mass3.31 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 51m 50.6s
Declination (J2000)−39° 52′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.32). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 50° N. South of latitude 50° 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 1711. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 97749, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lynx. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 96739 18.8 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.