Star profile
HIP 52736
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 52736
At 480 light years in the Keel, this blue B-type star shines at magnitude 4.87 with a light whose departure coincides with the days when Galileo first pointed his spyglass at the sky. Its surface reaches temperatures far above those of the Sun and gleams with the cold hue that marks the young constellations of the southern hemisphere. It is a natural inhabitant of the great stellar complexes of Carina, a region shaped by intense winds and radiation.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 52736 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 52736
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.87
- Distance
- 480.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 161.713° · Dec -64.383°
- Catalogue
- HIP 52736 · HD 93607
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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 525024.80
- HIP 391384.81
- HIP 421344.84
- HIP 369424.93
- HIP 439374.93