Star profile
HIP 35120
Cool red starWhat is HIP 35120
A red M-type giant burns slowly within the modest constellation of Canis Minor, much cooler than the Sun yet immensely larger, its outer layers swelling like a quiet ember. Its light began travelling some five centuries ago, when Leonardo da Vinci was filling his notebooks with sketches of birds, water and machines never built. After 543 light-years, that warm red glow arrives tonight as the slow signature of a star nearing the long evening of its life.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 35120 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 46° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 48° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 82° S.
It ranks no. 18 in brightness among the 25 stars of Canis Minor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Procyon, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 540 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 35120
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 542.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 108.914° · Dec 7.978°
- Catalogue
- HIP 35120 · HD 56031
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Other stars in Canis Minor
Canis Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ProcyonAlpha Canis Minoris0.40
- GomeisaBeta Canis Minoris2.89
- Gamma Canis Minoris4.33
- HIP 392135.65
- HIP 350055.71
- HIP 343875.74
- Delta 3 Canis Minoris5.83
- HIP 387125.86