Star profile

HIP 35210

Highly luminous star

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 35210

1,418 light-years out into Canis Major: the light flickering tonight set off when the Byzantine Empire still held its ground and Venice was dispatching its first trading doges across the Adriatic. A luminous K giant, warm and old, an orange furnace that stands apart from the blue glare of Sirius, its dazzling neighbour.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 35210 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 15° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 26° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 79° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 67° N.

It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 90 stars of Canis Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Sirius, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 1,400 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 35210

Constellation: Canis Major
Apparent magnitude: 4.83
Distance: 1418.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 109.153° · Dec -23.316°
Catalogue: HIP 35210 · HD 56577

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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