Star profile
HIP 38712
What is HIP 38712
In the small Canis Minor, the discreet faithful dog of the winter sky, shines a yellow-white sun, a nearby F-type star whose light travelled 127 years to us. When it set out, Edison's first electric bulbs were beginning to light the streets. Slightly hotter and more luminous than our Sun, it offers a clean and serene light, a modest companion in a constellation that holds only a handful of memorable stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 38712 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 38712
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.86
- Distance
- 127.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 118.881° · Dec 8.863°
- Catalogue
- HIP 38712 · HD 64685
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Other stars in Canis Minor
Canis Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ProcyonAlpha Canis Minoris0.40
- GomeisaBeta Canis Minoris2.89
- Gamma Canis Minoris4.33
- HIP 343875.74
- HIP 351205.78
- Delta 3 Canis Minoris5.83
- HIP 370315.89
- HIP 354765.90