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Star · M0

HIP 37465

HIP 37465 is a supergiant star of spectral type M0 in the constellation Puppis, 858.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance858.3 light-years (263.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.16
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.94
Spectral typeM0
Surface temperature3,590 K
Luminosity1,010 L☉
Radius82.1 R☉
Mass6.55 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 41m 23.5s
Declination (J2000)−22° 20′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.16). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 68° N. South of latitude 68° 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 1168. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 15 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 37465, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.93, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vulpecula. 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.