Star profile
HIP 377
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 377
In the modest Tucana, the southern bird, burns a hot blue star some 572 light-years away. Its light set out around 1454, when Gutenberg was tuning his press in Mainz and beginning to multiply words in lead. Far hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its electric brilliance contrasts with the diffuse nebulosities that tangle this southern corner of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 377 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 52° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 19° N.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 28 stars of Tucana in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Tucanae, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 570 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 377
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.59
- Distance
- 572.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 1.172° · Dec -71.437°
- Catalogue
- HIP 377 · HD 225253
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Other stars in Tucana
Tucana has 28 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Tucanae2.87
- Gamma Tucanae3.99
- Zeta Tucanae4.23
- Rho Tucanae5.38
- Lambda 2 Tucanae5.45
- Pi Tucanae5.50
- HIP 1156205.60
- HIP 1157695.63