Star profile
HIP 29941
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 29941
Near Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, within the constellation Canis Major, glints a blue B-type star far hotter and more massive than the Sun. Its light arrived after almost 800 years, having set out as Gothic cathedrals were rising across Europe and the Magna Carta was being signed in England. Its cold, electric tone contrasts with the better-known gold of its canine neighbour, a blue jewel concealed amid the teeth of the great celestial hound.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 29941 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 29941
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.51
- Distance
- 795.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 94.557° · Dec -19.967°
- Catalogue
- HIP 29941 · HD 43955
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Other stars in Canis Major
Canis Major has 90 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SiriusAlpha Canis Majoris-1.44
- AdharaEpsilon Canis Majoris1.50
- WezenDelta Canis Majoris1.83
- HIP 346245.46
- HIP 351805.46
- HIP 302145.48
- HIP 350445.58
- HIP 335755.59