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Star · G3V

HIP 99188

HIP 99188 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3V in the constellation Telescopium, 177.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTelescopium
Distance177.8 light-years (54.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.79
Spectral typeG3V
Surface temperature5,660 K
Luminosity7.29 L☉
Radius2.8 R☉
Mass1.64 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 08m 09.6s
Declination (J2000)−52° 34′ 40″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)11.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.47). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 37° N. South of latitude 37° 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 1848. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 99188, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.51, 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):

  • Peacock 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 101587 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 101574 16.4 light-years
  • ν Tel 17.0 light-years
  • HIP 100934 18.5 light-years
  • HD 183579 19.1 light-years
  • HIP 99245 19.4 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.