Star profile

HIP 44406

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

What is HIP 44406

It inhabits Cancer, a zodiacal constellation famous for its Beehive Cluster. A K-type star with an orange hue, the colour of tempered amber, lying about 633 light-years away. Its light set out around 1392, when the Christian Iberian kingdoms and the Aragonese crown were grappling with plague and almogàvers. In Cancer, made of sober lights, this star keeps a quiet chromatic temperature, away from the bright cluster.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 44406 lies in the northern 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 46° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 49° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 83° S.

It ranks no. 36 in brightness among the 49 stars of Cancer in our catalogue. To find it, start from Tarf, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 630 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 44406

Constellation: Cancer
Apparent magnitude: 5.85
Distance: 633.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 135.687° · Dec 7.298°
Catalogue: HIP 44406 · HD 77445

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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