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Star · A4V

HIP 98111

HIP 98111 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A4V in the constellation Cygnus, 271.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance271.3 light-years (83.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.16
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.56
Spectral typeA4V
Surface temperature9,130 K
Luminosity24.6 L☉
Radius1.98 R☉
Mass2.27 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 56m 19.0s
Declination (J2000)+56° 41′ 13″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.16). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 33° S. North of latitude 33° 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 1755. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 98111, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.43, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 97070 9.54 light-years
  • HIP 96306 15.5 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.