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Star · G7IV

HIP 35253

HIP 35253 is a subgiant star of spectral type G7IV in the constellation Gemini, 344.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationGemini
Distance344.2 light-years (105.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.38
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.26
Spectral typeG7IV
Surface temperature5,040 K
Luminosity36.1 L☉
Radius7.87 R☉
Mass2.53 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 17m 03.4s
Declination (J2000)+26° 41′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)71.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.38). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 63° S. North of latitude 63° 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 1682. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 35253, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.95, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.