Star profile
HIP 41515
Variable starWhat is HIP 41515
In modest Pyxis, the Navigator's Compass, shines a blue star at 929 light-years. Its light departed around the year 1097, while the First Crusade was marching toward Antioch and all of Europe was reorganizing its trade routes. It is a class B variable, hot and luminous, with brightness changes that betray instabilities in its outer layers. A small constellation with a very distant pulsing beacon.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 41515 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 3° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 14° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 55° N.
It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 18 stars of Pyxis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Pyxidis, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 930 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 41515
- Constellation
- Pyxis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 929.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 126.998° · Dec -35.114°
- Catalogue
- HIP 41515 · HD 71801
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Other stars in Pyxis
Pyxis has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Pyxidis3.68
- Beta Pyxidis3.97
- Gamma Pyxidis4.02
- Epsilon Pyxidis5.59
- HIP 417235.61
- HIP 429235.74
- HIP 433705.86
- HIP 421475.95