Star profile
HIP 41861
What is HIP 41861
In Vela shines a yellow giant some 750 light-years away. Its light set out when Marco Polo was returning to Venice with tales of the Far East and Gothic cathedrals were rising across France. It shares with the Sun the warm tone of quiet flames, yet outshines it in size and brilliance —offering a golden postcard to the southern half of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 41861 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: 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 41861
- Constellation
- Vela
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.68
- Distance
- 749.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 128.021° · Dec -53.212°
- Catalogue
- HIP 41861 · HD 72737
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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 506095.66
- HIP 425645.67
- HIP 541375.67
- HIP 437975.70
- HIP 431485.71