Star profile
HIP 46101
What is HIP 46101
In Carina, the ancient Keel of the Argo Navis, glows an orange K-type star. Its light set off 362 years ago: it left in 1663, just as Robert Hooke had published Micrographia, the first atlas of the invisible world seen through the microscope. Cooler than the Sun, it rests in the celestial hull where Jason and the Argonauts once sailed.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 46101 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April: 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 46101
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.99
- Distance
- 362.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 141.023° · Dec -61.649°
- Catalogue
- HIP 46101 · HD 81613
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Other stars in Carina
Carina has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- CanopusAlpha Carinae-0.62
- MiaplacidusBeta Carinae1.67
- AviorEpsilon Carinae1.86
- HYG 1196205.98
- HIP 516235.98
- HIP 528275.98
- HIP 532725.99
- HIP 552805.99