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Star · A0V

HIP 35406

HIP 35406 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Puppis, 1,090 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance1,090 light-years (334.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.11
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.51
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature12,900 K
Luminosity1,910 L☉
Radius8.75 R☉
Mass7.86 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 18m 38.2s
Declination (J2000)−36° 44′ 34″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.11). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 53° N. South of latitude 53° 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 936. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 19 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 35406, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.45, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lyra. 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.