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HIP 39311

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

What is HIP 39311

In the discreet Canis Minor glows an orange ember of type K, a star slightly cooler than the Sun that tints the sky with the hue of a lingering dusk. Its light crossed 254 years of emptiness to arrive here —it set out when the first hot-air balloons rose above Paris in 1783— and has travelled in silence while modern republics were born. It shines with a serene radiance, far from the cosmic roar, like a patient candle held in the middle of the night.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 39311 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.

Astronomical data for HIP 39311

Constellation
Canis Minor
Apparent magnitude
4.39
Distance
254.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 120.566° · Dec 2.335°
Catalogue
HIP 39311 · HD 66141

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Other stars in Canis Minor

Canis Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 25 stars in Canis Minor