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Star · B5V

HIP 39184

HIP 39184 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B5V in the constellation Carina, 677.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCarina
Distance677.7 light-years (207.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.87
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.72
Spectral typeB5V
Surface temperature12,180 K
Luminosity326 L☉
Radius4.05 R☉
Mass4.74 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 00m 49.9s
Declination (J2000)−54° 09′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.87). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 36° N. South of latitude 36° 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 1348. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 39184, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.42, 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.