Star profile
HIP 27955
Cool red starWhat is HIP 27955
In Columba —the celestial dove, that small constellation carved south of Lepus— burns a red M-type giant. Its light departed some five hundred and six years ago, in the days when the great masters of the Italian Renaissance —Leonardo, Michelangelo— were vying for the world's domes. Far cooler and vaster than the Sun, it glows with that deep red of embers fading slowly. A veteran star already drawing toward its final chapters.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 27955 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 9° 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. 24 in brightness among the 45 stars of Columba in our catalogue. To find it, start from Phact, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 510 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 27955
- Constellation
- Columba
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.55
- Distance
- 506.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 88.719° · Dec -39.958°
- Catalogue
- HIP 27955 · HD 40091
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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 285245.54
- HIP 292635.54
- HIP 298425.54
- HIP 301435.55
- HIP 256085.56