Star profile
HIP 51849
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 51849
Far down the southern sky, within the constellation Carina, glows a K-type orange giant whose light takes nearly 1,178 years to reach us. The radiance arriving tonight set out in the late eighth century, when Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the West. Its luminosity vastly exceeds the Sun's, a quiet reminder that older, grander furnaces still burn beyond our own.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 51849 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. 24 in brightness among the 124 stars of Carina in our catalogue. To find it, start from Canopus, the brightest: it lies about 35° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,200 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 51849
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.45
- Distance
- 1177.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 158.897° · Dec -57.558°
- Catalogue
- HIP 51849 · HD 91942
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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 454964.34
- HIP 314074.35
- HIP 327614.41
- HIP 445994.47
- HIP 431054.50