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Star · G0 V

HD 34445

HD 34445 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 V in the constellation Orion, 149.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 6 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 24681
ConstellationOrion
Distance149.4 light-years (45.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.31
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.01
Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,840 K
Luminosity2.01 L☉
Radius1.38 R☉
Mass1.07 M☉
Age8.5 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.14
Right ascension (J2000)5h 17m 41.0s
Declination (J2000)+7° 21′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)85.2 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.31); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 83° S. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1877. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 34445, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.13, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 24021 7.27 light-years
  • HIP 23662 9.16 light-years
  • HIP 24177 9.64 light-years
  • HD 37605 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 25677 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 26864 16.3 light-years
  • HIP 24336 17.9 light-years
  • Hya08 18.0 light-years

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.