Star profile
HIP 37096
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 37096
In the hull of Puppis burns a blue B-type beacon, lying about 360 light-years away. Its light set out around 1666, when Newton was splitting sunlight through a prism in Cambridge —and is still traveling, cool and ancient, to this very moment. Its surface comfortably exceeds 10,000 degrees, a silent violence against the yellow warmth of the Sun.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 37096 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 4° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 14° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 55° N.
It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 37096
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.53
- Distance
- 360.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 114.342° · Dec -34.969°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37096 · HD 61330
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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 389574.47
- HIP 348344.49
- HIP 384554.49
- HIP 390954.61
- 1 Puppis4.63