Star profile
HIP 36917
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 36917
Suspended over the Stern of the ancient Argo Navis, this blue B-class star sends light that set out about 222 years ago, when the peoples of the Southern Cone were sealing their declarations of independence. Its temperature comfortably exceeds that of the Sun and its radiation crosses the austral sky like a cold flash among the hidden clouds of the Milky Way.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 36917 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 10° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 21° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 84° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 62° N.
It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 220 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 36917
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.65
- Distance
- 221.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 113.845° · Dec -28.369°
- Catalogue
- HIP 36917 · HD 60863
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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 385004.63
- HIP 353634.65
- HIP 365144.65
- HIP 371734.69
- HIP 380894.69