Star profile
HIP 52502
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 52502
In Carina —the keel of the Argo that sailed the ancient seas— shines a B-type star, blue-white and searing, far hotter than the Sun. Its light began its journey almost five centuries ago, when Flemish workshops painted miniature landscapes on wood and sky charts barely contained the southern hemisphere. It arrives now as a faithful echo of that curiosity.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 52502 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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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 52502
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.80
- Distance
- 492.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 161.029° · Dec -63.961°
- Catalogue
- HIP 52502 · HD 93194
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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 399034.74
- HIP 523704.76
- HIP 458564.79
- HIP 391384.81
- HIP 421344.84