Star profile
HIP 38518
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 38518
Aboard the celestial ship of Puppis, a young blue B-type star burns 1,656 light-years away, hurling out a stellar wind that sweeps everything in its path. Its light set out toward us when Tamerlane's empire was crumbling across Central Asia, around the year 370. It weighs several times more than the Sun and devours its fuel at a furious pace, condemned to a brief, brilliant life.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 38518 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 1° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 42° N.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,700 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 38518
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.22
- Distance
- 1655.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 118.326° · Dec -48.103°
- Catalogue
- HIP 38518 · HD 64760
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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
- 3 Puppis3.94
- HIP 381644.10
- 11 Puppis4.20
- Omicron Puppis4.40
- 16 Puppis4.40