Star profile

HIP 53778

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 53778

Within the small constellation of the Cup, Crater, glows a K-type orange giant 465 light-years away. The light reaching the night sky tonight set out around 1561, when the looms of Flanders were at their peak and the first great cartographic compilations were being printed. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger, it fills with amber stillness a corner of the sky devoid of brilliant stars.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 53778 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 24° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 35° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 70° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 76° N.

It ranks no. 14 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 470 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 53778

Constellation: Crater
Apparent magnitude: 5.86
Distance: 465.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 165.049° · Dec -14.083°
Catalogue: HIP 53778 · HD 95314

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Other stars in Crater

Crater has 17 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 17 stars in Crater