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Star · A1V

HIP 39213

HIP 39213 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Canis Minor, 313.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Minor
Distance313.8 light-years (96.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.65
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.73
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature9,970 K
Luminosity59.6 L☉
Radius2.59 R☉
Mass2.92 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 01m 13.9s
Declination (J2000)+4° 52′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)52.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.65). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° S. 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 1712. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 39213, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.75, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 39553 15.5 light-years

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.