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Star · G0V

HIP 37031

HIP 37031 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0V in the constellation Canis Minor, 135.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Minor
Distance135.4 light-years (41.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.89
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.80
Spectral typeG0V
Surface temperature5,960 K
Luminosity6.84 L☉
Radius2.45 R☉
Mass1.62 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 36m 34.7s
Declination (J2000)+5° 51′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.89). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° 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 1891. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 37031, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • δ² CMi 8.50 light-years
  • HIP 36310 11.8 light-years
  • HIP 35310 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 38021 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 35750 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 35209 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 38712 15.6 light-years
  • HIP 39325 15.8 light-years

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.