Star profile
HIP 29711
What is HIP 29711
It shines white in Monoceros, the unicorn that gallops between Canis Major and Orion, about 212 light years away. Its light set out around 1814, when Napoleon was being exiled to Elba and the peoples of Europe were seeking a new balance at the Congress of Vienna. An A-type star, hotter than the Sun, with that clean white signature proper to young and vibrant stars. A clear flame that seems to gallop alongside the mythical unicorn toward the other side of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 29711 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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Astronomical data for HIP 29711
- Constellation
- Monoceros
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.99
- Distance
- 212.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 93.874° · Dec -4.915°
- Catalogue
- HIP 29711 · HD 43319
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Other stars in Monoceros
Monoceros has 71 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Monocerotis3.76
- Alpha Monocerotis3.94
- Gamma Monocerotis3.99
- HIP 337295.95
- HIP 351275.95
- HIP 336035.96
- HIP 340025.96
- HIP 360555.98