Your Eyes In Space Open the simulation

Star · F0IV

HIP 99762

HIP 99762 is a subgiant star of spectral type F0IV in the constellation Pavo, 230.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPavo
Distance230.6 light-years (70.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.09
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.84
Spectral typeF0IV
Surface temperature7,410 K
Luminosity15.8 L☉
Radius2.41 R☉
Mass1.99 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 14m 26.9s
Declination (J2000)−63° 24′ 57″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.09). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 27° N. South of latitude 27° 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 1795. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 99762, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 99480 5.95 light-years
  • HIP 98891 12.1 light-years
  • μ² Pav 18.0 light-years
  • μ¹ Pav 18.4 light-years
  • HIP 99994 18.4 light-years

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.