Star · F5V
44 LMi
44 LMi is a main-sequence star of spectral type F5V in the constellation Leo Minor, 278.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 52959 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Distance | 278.5 light-years (85.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.05 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 1.39 |
| Spectral type | F5V |
| Surface temperature | 6,890 K |
| Luminosity | 23.5 L☉ |
| Radius | 3.41 R☉ |
| Mass | 2.24 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 49m 53.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +27° 58′ 26″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 13.5 km/s |
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.05). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1748. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around 44 LMi, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.49, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 52771 9.03 light-years
- HIP 52442 12.1 light-years
- HD 93963 A 15.1 light-years
- 50 LMi 16.4 light-years
- HIP 51664 17.9 light-years
- HIP 51770 18.7 light-years
- HIP 53002 19.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.