Star profile
HIP 32761
Variable starWhat is HIP 32761
In the southern hull of Carina burns a yellow sun of trembling light —a G-type star that pulses with the slow rhythm of a distant lighthouse. Its glow travelled 545 years to reach us: when it set out, Portuguese shipyards were finishing the carracks that would circle the globe. Larger than our Sun, its atmosphere breathes in cycles barely within our reach to measure —a stellar breath that long predates any human ear.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 32761 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January: 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 32761
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.41
- Distance
- 544.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 102.464° · Dec -53.622°
- Catalogue
- HIP 32761 · HD 50337
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Other stars in Carina
Carina has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- CanopusAlpha Carinae-0.62
- MiaplacidusBeta Carinae1.67
- AviorEpsilon Carinae1.86
- HIP 425684.31
- HIP 454964.34
- HIP 314074.35
- HIP 518494.45
- HIP 445994.47