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Star · A9III

HIP 33269

HIP 33269 is a giant star of spectral type A9III in the constellation Auriga, 972.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAuriga
Distance972.4 light-years (298.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.16
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.21
Spectral typeA9III
Surface temperature7,370 K
Luminosity263 L☉
Radius9.94 R☉
Mass4.46 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 55m 14.7s
Declination (J2000)+43° 54′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.16). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 46° S. North of latitude 46° N 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 1054. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 17 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 33269, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.20, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corona Australis. 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.