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Star · B2V

HIP 33575

HIP 33575 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B2V in the constellation Canis Major, 1,133 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Major
Distance1,133 light-years (347.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.59
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.11
Spectral typeB2V
Surface temperature12,730 K
Luminosity1,290 L☉
Radius7.38 R☉
Mass7.03 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 58m 35.9s
Declination (J2000)−25° 24′ 51″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.59). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 65° N. South of latitude 65° 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 893. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 20 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 33575, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.53, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vulpecula. 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.