Star profile
HIP 38414
What is HIP 38414
A yellow giant on the stern of the mythical ship of Puppis, 352 light years away. The light reaching the courtyard tonight set off around 1673, when Cassini first observed the rings of Saturn in detail. Its G class echoes our Sun, yet at that distance its modest glow reveals an old giant that has long burned through its central hydrogen.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 38414 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 9° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 83° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 49° N.
It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 2° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 350 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 38414
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.71
- Distance
- 352.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 118.054° · Dec -40.576°
- Catalogue
- HIP 38414 · HD 64440
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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
- Sigma Puppis3.25
- AzmidiXi Puppis3.34
- HIP 378193.62
- HIP 372293.80
- 3 Puppis3.94