Star profile
HIP 37478
What is HIP 37478
In Canis Minor, the lesser dog that follows Orion, a white A-type star shines at about 455 light-years. Its light began its journey around 1571, the year of the Battle of Lepanto, in the midst of a century of great naval clashes in the Mediterranean. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, its surface approaches 9000 degrees and casts a clean white glow over the silhouette of its small constellation.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 37478 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 37478
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 455.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 115.396° · Dec 3.625°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37478 · HD 61887
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Other stars in Canis Minor
Canis Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ProcyonAlpha Canis Minoris0.40
- GomeisaBeta Canis Minoris2.89
- Gamma Canis Minoris4.33
- HIP 387125.86
- HIP 370315.89
- HIP 354765.90
- HIP 355095.91
- HIP 357125.99