Star profile
HIP 37819
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 37819
An orange ember in the hull of Puppis, stern of the old ship Argo. Its light has crossed the void for 1,132 years —it set out just as the Normans were laying the first stones of Westminster Abbey. It belongs to the rare order of luminous K giants, slow beacons that burn with the calm of a star that has exhausted its hydrogen and now feeds on denser fusions.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 37819 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 1° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 52° N.
It ranks no. 8 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,100 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 37819
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.62
- Distance
- 1132.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 116.314° · Dec -37.969°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37819 · HD 63032
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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
- Nu Puppis3.17
- Sigma Puppis3.25
- AzmidiXi Puppis3.34
- HIP 384143.71
- HIP 372293.80