Star profile
HIP 39213
What is HIP 39213
In Canis Minor, the small canine companion of the hunter Orion, glints a white A-type star some 308 light-years away. Its light slipped away as the Bourbons were reorganising Spain after the War of Succession and the first encyclopedias began to classify human knowledge. Hotter than the Sun and of a crisp brilliance, it is a pale spark within the modest hound forever following the steps of its hunting master.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 39213 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 43° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 54° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 51° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 85° S.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 25 stars of Canis Minor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Procyon, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 39213
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.65
- Distance
- 308.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 120.308° · Dec 4.880°
- Catalogue
- HIP 39213 · HD 65900
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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 349875.36
- 1 Canis Minoris5.37
- Delta 2 Canis Minoris5.59
- HIP 350055.71
- HIP 343875.74