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Star · B8II

HIP 35347

HIP 35347 is a bright giant star of spectral type B8II in the constellation Puppis, 629.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance629.1 light-years (192.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.86
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.57
Spectral typeB8II
Surface temperature11,870 K
Luminosity269 L☉
Radius3.88 R☉
Mass4.49 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 18m 04.2s
Declination (J2000)−43° 59′ 13″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)16.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.86). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 46° N. South of latitude 46° 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 1397. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 35347, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.26, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. 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.