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Common star 19 EP

HIP 37489

RA 115.4303° · Dec -56.8612° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
19 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 19

3 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 9.4 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Carina.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around January — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 15.9 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.4 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
2.168
bv
1.465
constellation
Car
dist ly
903.4792
luminosity
11.825
mag
9.38
name
HIP 37489
spect
G5

About HIP 37489

HIP 37489 is a common star. It lies about 903.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Car, shines at apparent magnitude 9.38 and has spectral type G5.

Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 37489 in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 9.38, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 37489 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why HIP 37489 is a common star

HIP 37489 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Deep red star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.