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Star · A1V

HIP 32020

HIP 32020 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Gemini, 990.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationGemini
Distance990.1 light-years (303.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.13
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature10,330 K
Luminosity352 L☉
Radius5.86 R☉
Mass4.85 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 41m 21.9s
Declination (J2000)+16° 23′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 74° S. North of latitude 74° N 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 1036. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 32020, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.24, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.