Star profile
HIP 34922
Variable starWhat is HIP 34922
Deep within Puppis burns a red giant 209 light-years away, an M-type ember breathing in slow, irregular pulses. Its light set out when the nineteenth century was opening the doors to photography, and even today it shifts under the astronomers' gaze. Its glow waxes and wanes like a cosmic heartbeat, reminding us that stars also age with grace. Cooler than the Sun, its orange blush announces an ending still very far away.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 34922 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 34922
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.42
- Distance
- 209.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 108.385° · Dec -44.640°
- Catalogue
- HIP 34922 · HD 56096
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Other stars in Puppis
Puppis has 145 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- NaosZeta Puppis2.21
- Pi Puppis2.71
- TureisRho Puppis2.83
- HIP 385184.22
- Omicron Puppis4.40
- 16 Puppis4.40
- HIP 403264.42
- HIP 367954.44