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Star · B1

HIP 37995

HIP 37995 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B1 in the constellation Puppis, 1,202 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance1,202 light-years (368.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.93
Spectral typeB1
Surface temperature13,120 K
Luminosity1,160 L☉
Radius6.6 R☉
Mass6.82 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 47m 12.6s
Declination (J2000)−22° 31′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.90). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 67° N. South of latitude 67° 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 824. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 21 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 37995, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.66, 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.