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Star · A1I

HIP 97765

HIP 97765 is a supergiant star of spectral type A1I in the constellation Vulpecula, 4,967 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVulpecula
Distance4,967 light-years (1,523 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.54
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −5.37
Spectral typeA1I
Surface temperature5,670 K
Luminosity13,400 L☉
Radius120 R☉
Mass13.7 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 52m 01.6s
Declination (J2000)+24° 59′ 32″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)34.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.54). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 65° S. North of latitude 65° 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 4,967 years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 88 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 97765, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 15.74, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. 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.