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Star · A2V

HIP 37269

HIP 37269 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Gemini, 468.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationGemini
Distance468.0 light-years (143.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.40
Spectral typeA2V
Surface temperature9,790 K
Luminosity79.2 L☉
Radius3.09 R☉
Mass3.17 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 39m 12.0s
Declination (J2000)+24° 13′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)11.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.18). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° 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 1558. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 37269, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. 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.