Star profile
HIP 48561
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 48561
In the sails of Vela beats a blue B-type beacon, about 998 light-years away. Its light set out around the year 1028, deep in the Middle Ages, when the monks of Cluny were raising the largest Christian abbey of their time. Its surface comfortably exceeds 10,000 degrees, a distant blue fire hung among the invisible ropes of the southern ship.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 48561 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 48561
- Constellation
- Vela
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.72
- Distance
- 997.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 148.574° · Dec -45.284°
- Catalogue
- HIP 48561 · HD 85980
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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 431485.71
- HIP 486135.71
- HIP 482875.72
- HIP 459625.74
- HIP 515615.76