Star profile
HIP 53316
What is HIP 53316
Within the modest cup of the constellation Crater shines an orange type-K star, slightly cooler than the Sun and of a golden-coppery hue. Its light set out nearly 500 years ago, when Magellan and Elcano were completing the first circumnavigation of the planet and the world was discovering itself round in a single sweep. Today, that same light settles upon our retina, intact, after half a millennium in transit.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 53316 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March: 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 53316
- Constellation
- Crater
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.65
- Distance
- 492.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 163.574° · Dec -13.758°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53316 · HD 94481
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Other stars in Crater
Crater has 17 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Delta Crateris3.56
- Gamma Crateris4.06
- AlkesAlpha Crateris4.08
- Eta Crateris5.17
- Iota Crateris5.48
- HIP 540295.51
- HIP 560785.77
- HIP 537785.86