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Star · B8V

HIP 33015

HIP 33015 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B8V in the constellation Puppis, 616.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance616.3 light-years (189.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.09
Spectral typeB8V
Surface temperature11,590 K
Luminosity141 L☉
Radius2.94 R☉
Mass3.73 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 52m 47.1s
Declination (J2000)−43° 58′ 32″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.47). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 46° N. South of latitude 46° 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 1410. 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 33015, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lyra. 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.