Star profile
HIP 26624
What is HIP 26624
Only 139 light-years away, in the mythic Orion, shines a white A-type star. Its light set out when Europe was opening the twentieth century and the Lumière brothers were astonishing the world with the first moving pictures. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it radiates a pure white that seems to converse with the hunter's great stars. In winter, when Orion hangs from the firmament, its discreet glow accompanies the majesty of the celestial tale.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 26624 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: 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 26624
- Constellation
- Orion
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.99
- Distance
- 138.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 84.880° · Dec -3.565°
- Catalogue
- HIP 26624 · HD 37594
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Other stars in Orion
Orion has 128 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RigelBeta Orionis0.18
- BetelgeuseAlpha Orionis0.45
- BellatrixGamma Orionis1.64
- HIP 281105.97
- HIP 228405.98
- HIP 251875.99
- HIP 279395.99
- HIP 303186.00