Star profile
HIP 37031
What is HIP 37031
The Lesser Dog, faithful companion to Orion on his hunt, harbours this yellow G-type star some one hundred and twenty-eight light years away. Its light set out in the years when sound cinema was being popularised and the first experimental television broadcasts were beginning. It is a G-type like our Sun —somewhat different— that watched a century rich in inventions depart.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 37031 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 44° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 55° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 50° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 84° S.
It ranks no. 21 in brightness among the 25 stars of Canis Minor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Procyon, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 37031
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 128.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 114.145° · Dec 5.862°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37031 · HD 60803
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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 351205.78
- Delta 3 Canis Minoris5.83
- HIP 387125.86
- HIP 354765.90
- HIP 355095.91