Star profile
HIP 38210
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 38210
It shines in Volans, the flying fish, a southern constellation imagined in the 16th century by navigators crossing the Indian Ocean. A fierce blue B-type star, far hotter than the Sun —its surface exceeding 15,000 degrees. Its light set out some 492 years ago, when Hernán Cortés and the conquistadors were entering Tenochtitlán. A young, violent beacon in the deep southern skies.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 38210 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March, 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 58° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 24° N.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 19 stars of Volans in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Volans, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 490 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 38210
- Constellation
- Volans
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 492.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 117.421° · Dec -66.196°
- Catalogue
- HIP 38210 · HD 64484
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Other stars in Volans
Volans has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Volans3.77
- Gamma 2 Volans3.78
- Zeta Volans3.93
- HIP 414515.51
- Kappa 2 Volans5.63
- Gamma 1 Volans5.68
- HIP 442835.89
- HIP 413215.95