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Star · F2

HIP 35564

HIP 35564 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2 in the constellation Carina, 113.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCarina
Distance113.9 light-years (34.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.78
Spectral typeF2
Surface temperature6,470 K
Luminosity6.6 L☉
Radius2.05 R☉
Mass1.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 20m 21.4s
Declination (J2000)−52° 18′ 42″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.50). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° 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 1912. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 35564, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.55, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HD 51608 9.50 light-years
  • HIP 33495 9.72 light-years
  • Tapecue 11.7 light-years
  • Gl 291.1 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 33324 14.5 light-years
  • HIP 37563 16.2 light-years
  • HIP 37918 16.5 light-years
  • GJ 9242 16.6 light-years

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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.