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Star · B9

HIP 98754

HIP 98754 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B9 in the constellation Aquila, 658.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquila
Distance658.3 light-years (201.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.73
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.79
Spectral typeB9
Surface temperature11,490 K
Luminosity312 L☉
Radius4.46 R☉
Mass4.69 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 03m 30.0s
Declination (J2000)+16° 01′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.73). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 74° S. North of latitude 74° 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 1368. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 98754, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.35, 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.