Star profile
HIP 33478
What is HIP 33478
In Canis Major, the constellation of the great celestial dog, it shines with a yellowish-white tone typical of class F stars, slightly hotter than the Sun. Its light took only 123 years to reach us: when it set out, Edison's first electric bulbs were beginning to light the streets of the world and the Lumière brothers were taking their first steps towards cinema. It is a discreet, stable star, with no companion or pulsations, one of those steady presences in the firmament.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 33478 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 33478
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.45
- Distance
- 123.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 104.391° · Dec -24.631°
- Catalogue
- HIP 33478 · HD 51733
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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 357955.40
- HIP 343015.41
- HIP 358555.41
- HIP 346245.46
- HIP 351805.46