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Star · F3

HIP 33760

HIP 33760 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F3 in the constellation Canis Major, 229.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Major
Distance229.0 light-years (70.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.05
Spectral typeF3
Surface temperature6,630 K
Luminosity12.9 L☉
Radius2.72 R☉
Mass1.9 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 00m 42.5s
Declination (J2000)−28° 29′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 62° N. South of latitude 62° 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 1797. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 33760, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.06, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lyra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 32894 10.2 light-years
  • HIP 32767 10.9 light-years
  • HIP 32842 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 33197 15.9 light-years

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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.