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HIP 51192
Variable starWhat is HIP 51192
This A-type star in the Keel pulses with variations detectable from Earth, a faint heartbeat travelling across vast distances. The catalogue figure places it on a very remote horizon, and its magnitude 4.65 reaches us as a distant whisper, white and serene. On southern charts it passes almost unnoticed, yet its pulsation turns it into one of those natural beacons that have fascinated astronomers since Henrietta Leavitt.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 51192 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 66° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 32° N.
It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 124 stars of Carina in our catalogue. To find it, start from Canopus, the brightest: it lies about 34° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 51192
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.65
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 156.852° · Dec -57.639°
- Catalogue
- HIP 51192 · HD 90772
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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
- HIP 524684.58
- HIP 547514.59
- HIP 543014.62
- HIP 446264.66
- HIP 521024.69