Star profile
HIP 40706
What is HIP 40706
On the Stern of Puppis, the celestial ship, a white type-A star burns 93 light-years from Earth. Its light set out in the early twentieth century, when the Wright brothers achieved their first powered flight at Kitty Hawk. It shines with a sharper glow than our yellow Sun —a calm flame that crossed the ocean of the void guided only by the laws of gravity.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 40706 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 culminates about 2° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 13° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 53° N.
It ranks no. 21 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 93 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 40706
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.44
- Distance
- 93.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 124.639° · Dec -36.659°
- Catalogue
- HIP 40706 · HD 70060
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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
- HIP 403264.42
- HIP 367954.44
- HIP 400914.44
- HIP 389574.47
- HIP 348344.49