Star profile
HIP 53394
Variable starWhat is HIP 53394
In Carina, southern remnant of the ancient ship Argo, shines this orange K-type star with subtle variability. Its light set out 305 years ago, around 1719, when Daniel Defoe was publishing «Robinson Crusoe» in London and opening one of the great seams of the modern novel. Cooler and larger than the Sun, its glow shifts slowly, a reminder that even stellar flames of serene appearance harbor inside them the slow pulses of their evolution.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 53394 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 53394
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.93
- Distance
- 304.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 163.822° · Dec -60.517°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53394 · HD 94776
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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 464825.91
- HIP 491645.93
- HIP 509935.93
- HIP 364965.95
- HIP 533345.95