Star profile
HIP 53723
Cool red starWhat is HIP 53723
In Crater, the cup spilled by the crow in myth, beats a red M-type giant, far cooler than the Sun yet immense in size and luminosity. Its light took some 662 years to cross space: it set out around 1363, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War between France and England and while Europe was trying to recover from the Black Death. A cosmic ruby now settles at the bottom of the cup.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 53723 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 22° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 33° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 72° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 74° N.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 17 stars of Crater in our catalogue. To find it, start from Delta Crateris, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 660 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 53723
- Constellation
- Crater
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 661.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 164.879° · Dec -16.354°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53723 · HD 95234
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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
- HIP 533165.65
- HIP 560785.77
- HIP 537785.86
- Kappa Crateris5.93
- HIP 563185.94