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Star · A1V

HIP 98146

HIP 98146 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Cygnus, 346.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance346.6 light-years (106.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.46
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.33
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature10,090 K
Luminosity35.2 L☉
Radius1.94 R☉
Mass2.51 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 56m 45.2s
Declination (J2000)+50° 54′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.46). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1679. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 98146, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.96, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.