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Star · A3

HIP 33012

HIP 33012 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3 in the constellation Carina, 544.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCarina
Distance544.3 light-years (166.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.41
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.30
Spectral typeA3
Surface temperature8,310 K
Luminosity70.9 L☉
Radius4.06 R☉
Mass3.07 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 52m 45.4s
Declination (J2000)−59° 20′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.41). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 31° N. South of latitude 31° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1482. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 33012, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.94, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. 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.