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Star · G9III

HIP 35476

HIP 35476 is a giant star of spectral type G9III in the constellation Canis Minor, 737.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Minor
Distance737.7 light-years (226.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.87
Spectral typeG9III
Surface temperature4,580 K
Luminosity330 L☉
Radius28.8 R☉
Mass4.76 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 19m 22.4s
Declination (J2000)+2° 44′ 26″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.90). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 87° S. 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 1288. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 35476, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.60, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. 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.