Star profile
HIP 37173
Variable starWhat is HIP 37173
A blue B-type star pulses faintly within the sails of Puppis, its light flickering in slow rhythms invisible to the naked eye. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its glow set out around six centuries ago, when European cartographers were drawing the first reliable maps of the southern skies. Across 619 light-years it carries the memory of an age that learned to chart what lay beyond the equator, brightening and dimming as if breathing.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 37173 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 13° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 24° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 81° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 65° N.
It ranks no. 32 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 620 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 37173
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.69
- Distance
- 619.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 114.575° · Dec -25.365°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37173 · HD 61429
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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 353634.65
- HIP 365144.65
- HIP 369174.65
- HIP 380894.69
- 19 Puppis4.72