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Star · G3 V

HD 44219

HD 44219 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3 V in the constellation Monoceros, 172.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 30114
ConstellationMonoceros
Distance172.6 light-years (52.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.69
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.07
Spectral typeG3 V
Surface temperature5,750 K
Luminosity1.82 L☉
Radius1.32 R☉
Mass1.2 M☉
Age8.4 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.03
Right ascension (J2000)6h 20m 14.3s
Declination (J2000)−10° 43′ 30″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.3 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.69); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 79° N. South of latitude 79° S it never sets. 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 1853. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 44219, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.45, 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 31332 10.4 light-years
  • HIP 28854 13.8 light-years
  • θ Lep 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 30509 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 31188 18.5 light-years

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