Star profile
HIP 53530
Variable starWhat is HIP 53530
In the Sails of the ancient celestial Ship, a white A-class star pulses with the discreet rhythm of variables. Its light crossed space for more than three hundred and thirty years, departing when Newton published his Principia and rewrote the laws of the universe. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its snowy hue recalls ice set ablaze —cool and fierce at once.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 53530 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 53530
- Constellation
- Vela
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.90
- Distance
- 335.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 164.283° · Dec -50.765°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53530 · HD 94985
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Other stars in Vela
Vela has 127 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Gamma 2 Velorum1.75
- AlsephinaDelta Velorum1.93
- SuhailLambda Velorum2.23
- HIP 440245.88
- HIP 410815.89
- HIP 426145.90
- HIP 516105.91
- HIP 420015.92