Star profile
HIP 34387
What is HIP 34387
In Canis Minor —Orion's small companion— dwells an orange K-type star whose light has been on its way for nearly six hundred years. It set out as Joan of Arc was leading the troops of Charles VII and the Hundred Years' War was approaching its end. Cooler and older than the Sun, it shines in that copper hue that signals stellar maturity. A medieval ember kindled at the throat of the celestial little dog, still in transit through the void.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 34387 lies in the northern 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 34387
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- 595.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 106.956° · Dec 7.471°
- Catalogue
- HIP 34387 · HD 54079
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Other stars in Canis Minor
Canis Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ProcyonAlpha Canis Minoris0.40
- GomeisaBeta Canis Minoris2.89
- Gamma Canis Minoris4.33
- Delta 2 Canis Minoris5.59
- HIP 392135.65
- HIP 350055.71
- HIP 351205.78
- Delta 3 Canis Minoris5.83