Star profile
HIP 34360
Variable starWhat is HIP 34360
Although catalogued in Canis Major, this variable blue star lies at an extraordinary distance of more than three hundred and twenty-six thousand light years: it belongs to a very distant, almost extragalactic population. The light reaching us today travelled through the whole of human prehistory and history combined. Its hot B-type and its variability make it a singular object, a beacon almost at the edge of the Local Group.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 34360 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 34360
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 106.844° · Dec -23.841°
- Catalogue
- HIP 34360 · HD 54309
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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 311905.73
- HIP 308405.74
- HIP 328105.74
- HIP 308365.76
- HIP 328095.77