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Star · A0IV

HIP 34758

HIP 34758 is a subgiant star of spectral type A0IV in the constellation Canis Major, 504.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Major
Distance504.6 light-years (154.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.84
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.11
Spectral typeA0IV
Surface temperature10,630 K
Luminosity144 L☉
Radius3.54 R☉
Mass3.76 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 11m 41.6s
Declination (J2000)−20° 52′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.84). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 69° N. South of latitude 69° 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 1521. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 34758, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.78, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagitta. 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.