Star profile
HIP 39903
What is HIP 39903
A yellow-white F-type star pulses in Carina, the keel of the Argo, barely 65 light-years away —an intimate distance in cosmic terms. Its light set out as the world was only beginning to rebuild after the Second World War and the first computers filled entire rooms. Slightly hotter and brighter than the Sun, it shines in a pale tone between gold and snow, a near neighbour in the immensity of the southern sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 39903 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 63° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 29° N.
It ranks no. 35 in brightness among the 124 stars of Carina in our catalogue. To find it, start from Canopus, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 65 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 39903
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.74
- Distance
- 65.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 122.253° · Dec -61.302°
- Catalogue
- HIP 39903 · HD 68456
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Other stars in Carina
Carina has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- CanopusAlpha Carinae-0.62
- MiaplacidusBeta Carinae1.67
- AviorEpsilon Carinae1.86
- HIP 446264.66
- HIP 521024.69
- HIP 514384.72
- HIP 523704.76
- HIP 458564.79