Star profile
HIP 25608
What is HIP 25608
In Columba —the dove Noah set loose after the flood— shines an A-type star, white and hot, more luminous than our Sun. Its light set out at the dawn of the eighteenth century, when corsairs cut across the Caribbean and the first scientific academies were founded in Europe. Three centuries later, that light —clean, with no witnesses— completes its long journey above the horizon.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 25608 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 culminates about 1° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 53° N.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 45 stars of Columba in our catalogue. To find it, start from Phact, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 25608
- Constellation
- Columba
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.56
- Distance
- 286.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 82.064° · Dec -37.231°
- Catalogue
- HIP 25608 · HD 36187
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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 298425.54
- HIP 279555.55
- HIP 301435.55
- HIP 314575.59
- HIP 277665.62