Star profile
HIP 36640
What is HIP 36640
In the Unicorn, Monoceros, shines a yellow-white type-F star 91 light-years away. Its light departed in the late 1930s, when Fleming had just discovered penicillin and modern medicine pushed open an unexpected door. Slightly hotter than the Sun, its pearly tone brushes against gold —a light glow that has travelled nearly a century to meet our telescopes.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 36640 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 36640
- Constellation
- Monoceros
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.90
- Distance
- 91.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 113.024° · Dec -8.881°
- Catalogue
- HIP 36640 · HD 59984
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Other stars in Monoceros
Monoceros has 71 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Monocerotis3.76
- Alpha Monocerotis3.94
- Gamma Monocerotis3.99
- HIP 322265.88
- HIP 333725.90
- HIP 349825.90
- HIP 309865.92
- 16 Monocerotis5.92