Star profile

HIP 35205

Cool red star

3D likeness based on its real data · class M · ~3,200 K

What is HIP 35205

In Canis Major glows a red M-class giant, a vast cool ember whose light has been wandering toward us for over four centuries: it set out when Cervantes was readying the second part of Don Quixote. Its surface, far cooler than the Sun's, throbs in ruby tones and swells to hundreds of solar diameters. It is the patient afterglow of a star that has spent its youth and is unhurriedly preparing for its final act.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 35205 lies in the southern 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 11° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 21° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 84° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 62° N.

It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 90 stars of Canis Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Sirius, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 35205

Constellation: Canis Major
Apparent magnitude: 4.66
Distance: 405.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 109.146° · Dec -27.881°
Catalogue: HIP 35205 · HD 56618

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Other stars in Canis Major

Canis Major has 90 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 90 stars in Canis Major