Star profile
HIP 25194
Variable starWhat is HIP 25194
In small Columba, in the southern sky, beats a red star at 650 light-years. Its light departed around 1376, when the Western Schism was dividing Christendom and Castile was going through turbulent royal minorities. It is a class M variable, with a surface below 4,000 K and a brightness that fluctuates with the rhythm of internal pulsations. Each change in magnitude is a slow heartbeat of its atmosphere, audible only in the language of light.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 25194 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 10° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 84° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 50° N.
It ranks no. 32 in brightness among the 45 stars of Columba in our catalogue. To find it, start from Phact, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 650 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 25194
- Constellation
- Columba
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 649.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 80.850° · Dec -39.678°
- Catalogue
- HIP 25194 · HD 35515
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Other stars in Columba
Columba has 45 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- PhactAlpha Columbae2.65
- WaznBeta Columbae3.12
- Delta Columbae3.85
- HIP 304445.62
- HIP 287565.65
- HIP 316375.72
- HIP 244265.75
- HIP 260195.75