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HIP 33189

HIP 33189 is a supergiant star of spectral type ? in the constellation Puppis, 1,889 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance1,889 light-years (579.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.49
Spectral type?
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity15,600 L☉
Radius470 R☉
Mass14.3 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 54m 26.7s
Declination (J2000)−42° 21′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)64.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.32). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 48° N. South of latitude 48° 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 137. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 34 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 33189, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.64, 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.