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Star · B3V

HIP 32810

HIP 32810 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B3V in the constellation Canis Major, 634.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Major
Distance634.3 light-years (194.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.74
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.70
Spectral typeB3V
Surface temperature9,090 K
Luminosity197 L☉
Radius5.66 R☉
Mass4.11 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 50m 23.3s
Declination (J2000)−31° 42′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.74). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 58° N. South of latitude 58° 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 1392. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 32810, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.27, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lyra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.