Star profile
HIP 35084
What is HIP 35084
Carina once more, the keel of ancient Argo. An orange giant 418 light-years away whose light has been travelling since 1608, the year Hans Lippershey patented the first telescope in the Netherlands —an invention that, one year later, would let Galileo point it at the sky. This K ember journeys from the very moment humanity was given new eyes.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 35084 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 35084
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.96
- Distance
- 417.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 108.839° · Dec -52.499°
- Catalogue
- HIP 35084 · HD 56705
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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 364965.95
- HIP 533345.95
- HIP 343495.96
- HIP 409325.96
- HIP 521275.96