Star profile
HIP 37441
What is HIP 37441
In Lynx, that constellation Hevelius invented for the sharpest eyes, shines an orange star of K type. Its light set out more than three hundred years ago, around the start of the eighteenth century, when Bach was composing cantatas in Leipzig. Cooler and redder than the Sun, it unfolds that warm amber tone proper to long-lived stars. It is a modest glimmer in a difficult outline: to find it you must accept the lynx's challenge and look at the sky with the patience we usually lack.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 37441 lies in the northern 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 never sets and culminates about 87° up.
- From New York it culminates about 83° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 8° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 42° S.
It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 23° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 37441
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.58
- Distance
- 314.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 115.302° · Dec 48.132°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37441 · HD 61363
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Other stars in Lynx
Lynx has 60 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
See all 60 stars in Lynx