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HIP 32091

HIP 32091 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A in the constellation Puppis, 295.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance295.8 light-years (90.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.49
Spectral typeA
Surface temperature7,180 K
Luminosity21.6 L☉
Radius3 R☉
Mass2.19 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 42m 16.4s
Declination (J2000)−38° 23′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 52° N. South of latitude 52° 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 1730. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 32091, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.62, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lyra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 31800 12.0 light-years
  • HIP 31165 15.5 light-years
  • HIP 33025 17.4 light-years

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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.