Star profile
HIP 42726
Variable starWhat is HIP 42726
Blue-white and pulsing, 484 light years away in the swelling sails of Vela. A variable star —its brightness breathes with its own beat— whose light set out when Galileo was first turning a telescope toward the moons of Jupiter, around 1541. Its B class places it among the young and hot; the rhythm of its swings, among those still searching for equilibrium.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 42726 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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Astronomical data for HIP 42726
- Constellation
- Vela
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.83
- Distance
- 484.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 130.606° · Dec -53.114°
- Catalogue
- HIP 42726 · HD 74560
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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 426244.74
- HIP 410394.79
- HIP 507994.82
- HIP 497124.85
- HIP 515234.89