Star profile
HIP 54137
What is HIP 54137
Beneath the southern sails of Vela shines a white A-class star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun, lying some two hundred and eighty-five light-years away. The light that now draws it in the southern sky set out when the first European sailing ships were beginning to chart Polynesia with precision and Watt was tuning his steam engine in Scotland. Its bluish-white tone, almost icy, contrasts with the Sun's warm yellow.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 54137 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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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 54137
- Constellation
- Vela
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 285.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 166.130° · Dec -47.679°
- Catalogue
- HIP 54137 · HD 96113
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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 399195.66
- HIP 506095.66
- HIP 425645.67
- HIP 418615.68
- HIP 437975.70