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Star · B4V

HIP 39014

HIP 39014 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B4V in the constellation Puppis, 1,157 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPuppis
Distance1,157 light-years (354.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.98
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.77
Spectral typeB4V
Surface temperature12,350 K
Luminosity882 L☉
Radius6.49 R☉
Mass6.31 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 59m 01.8s
Declination (J2000)−45° 12′ 57″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.98). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 45° N. South of latitude 45° 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 869. 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 39014, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. 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.