Star profile
HIP 31579
Variable starWhat is HIP 31579
In Auriga pulses a colossally luminous white variable, set at a distance so vast that its light has crossed entire eras before arriving. A class-A sun, hotter than ours, it modulates its brightness with an intimate heartbeat that astronomy is learning to read like a code. It shines above the winter constellations as a pulsating beacon in the deep reaches of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 31579 lies in the northern 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 31579
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.40
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 99.137° · Dec 38.446°
- Catalogue
- HIP 31579 · HD 46687
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Other stars in Auriga
Auriga has 76 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- CapellaAlpha Aurigae0.08
- HYG 1183600.96
- MenkalinanBeta Aurigae1.90
- 40 Aurigae5.35
- HIP 247995.38
- 26 Aurigae5.40
- HIP 249025.46
- Omicron Aurigae5.46