Star profile
HIP 3741
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 3741
The great body of Cetus, the Whale, conceals this hot blue-white B-class at three hundred and forty-three light-years. Its light departed around 1683, during the second Ottoman siege of Vienna, when troops led by King John III Sobieski of Poland broke the encirclement. A swift and burning star whose photons travelled —imaginarily— the breadth of Europe while empires were redrawing their maps.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 3741 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 17° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 78° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 68° N.
It ranks no. 60 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 340 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 3741
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.57
- Distance
- 343.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 12.004° · Dec -21.722°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3741 · HD 4622
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- 80 Ceti5.53
- HIP 149155.55
- HIP 29415.57
- 28 Ceti5.58
- HIP 76795.58