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Star · B9

HIP 36348

HIP 36348 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B9 in the constellation Lynx, 603.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLynx
Distance603.6 light-years (185.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.64
Spectral typeB9
Surface temperature11,440 K
Luminosity267 L☉
Radius4.16 R☉
Mass4.48 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 28m 51.5s
Declination (J2000)+48° 11′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)45.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.70). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° 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 1422. 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 36348, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.17, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Telescopium. 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.