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Star · A3V

32 Per

32 Per is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3V in the constellation Perseus, 155.7 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 15648
ConstellationPerseus
Distance155.7 light-years (47.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.96
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.57
Spectral typeA3V
Surface temperature9,530 K
Luminosity25.9 L☉
Radius1.87 R☉
Mass2.3 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 21m 26.6s
Declination (J2000)+43° 19′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.96). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 47° S. North of latitude 47° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1870. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 32 Per, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.22, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 16343 9.40 light-years
  • HIP 17022 12.3 light-years
  • HIP 17409 13.1 light-years
  • HIP 14181 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 14922 15.7 light-years
  • HIP 17015 16.0 light-years
  • HIP 14886 18.1 light-years
  • HIP 15669 19.5 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.