Star profile
HIP 53253
What is HIP 53253
It glows a calm orange from Carina, the keel of the celestial ship sailing the southern skies. Its light, kindled 95 years ago, was already crossing the void when Edwin Hubble proved the universe is expanding. A cool giant —vaster and longer-lived than the Sun— sending Earth the warm echo of that discovery.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 53253 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 65° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 31° N.
It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 124 stars of Carina in our catalogue. To find it, start from Canopus, the brightest: it lies about 37° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 95 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 53253
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.78
- Distance
- 95.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 163.373° · Dec -58.853°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53253 · HD 94510
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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 450803.43
- Chi Carinae3.46
- HIP 478543.69
- HIP 512323.81
- HIP 437833.84