Star profile

HIP 42365

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 42365

In Cancer, the modest zodiacal constellation of the crab, lives this orange giant 406 light-years away. Its light came loose around 1619, just as Johannes Kepler was publishing his third law of planetary motion and decoding the geometric rhythm of the heavens. A K-class star traversing four centuries to confirm, to the eye, that silent harmony.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 42365 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 71° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 82° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 23° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 57° S.

It ranks no. 47 in brightness among the 49 stars of Cancer in our catalogue. To find it, start from Tarf, the brightest: it lies about 24° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 42365

Constellation: Cancer
Apparent magnitude: 5.96
Distance: 406.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 129.579° · Dec 32.802°
Catalogue: HIP 42365 · HD 73192

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Other stars in Cancer

Cancer has 49 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 49 stars in Cancer