Star profile
HIP 41296
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 41296
Among the southern veils of the constellation Vela burns a blue B-type star. Its light left almost 696 years ago, in the heart of the 14th century, while the Black Death swept Europe and Sienese painters illuminated panels with gold. Far hotter than the Sun, it belongs to that fleeting and fiery breed whose lives are counted in just a few million years. Its blue light cuts through the interstellar dust like a blade, a reminder that the southern sky holds some of the fiercest furnaces of the firmament.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 41296 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: 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 41296
- Constellation
- Vela
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.18
- Distance
- 695.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 126.381° · Dec -51.727°
- Catalogue
- HIP 41296 · HD 71510
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Other stars in Vela
Vela has 127 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Gamma 2 Velorum1.75
- AlsephinaDelta Velorum1.93
- SuhailLambda Velorum2.23
- HIP 527425.14
- HIP 428345.15
- HIP 440935.17
- HIP 425045.18
- HIP 399615.20