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Star · A2V

34 LMi

34 LMi is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Leo Minor, 510.5 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 51685
ConstellationLeo Minor
Distance510.5 light-years (156.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.57
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.40
Spectral typeA2V
Surface temperature9,780 K
Luminosity165 L☉
Radius4.48 R☉
Mass3.91 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 33m 30.9s
Declination (J2000)+34° 59′ 19″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.57). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 55° S. North of latitude 55° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1516. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 34 LMi, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.80, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.