Star profile
HIP 51232
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 51232
Deep in the southern keel of Carina burns a yellow-white F-type beacon whose light set out almost 1342 years ago, around the time Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the West. It belongs to the rare lineage cataloged here as «luminous», bright enough to register at magnitude 3.81 despite the enormous gulf. A patient flame that crossed the entire Middle Ages to reach a modern eye.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 51232 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 51232
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.81
- Distance
- 1342.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 156.970° · Dec -58.739°
- Catalogue
- HIP 51232 · HD 90853
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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
- Chi Carinae3.46
- HIP 478543.69
- HIP 532533.78
- HIP 437833.84
- HIP 544633.93