Star profile
HIP 50888
What is HIP 50888
In small Antlia, the constellation of the air pump born in the heart of the 18th century, shines a white star of clean, clear light. Its glow began its journey 135 years ago, when Edison was already lighting streets with bulbs and Eiffel was finishing his tower in Paris. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, it recalls a pure mercury lamp, a brilliance hard to look away from.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 50888 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 50888
- Constellation
- Antlia
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.34
- Distance
- 135.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 155.872° · Dec -38.010°
- Catalogue
- HIP 50888 · HD 90132
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Other stars in Antlia
Antlia has 23 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Antliae4.28
- Epsilon Antliae4.51
- Iota Antliae4.60
- Theta Antliae4.78
- Eta Antliae5.23
- HIP 541735.43
- HIP 465785.49
- HIP 518215.50