Star profile
HIP 54301
What is HIP 54301
In the constellation Carina breathes a yellow star of the same spectral class as the Sun, though far more distant. Its light set off around 1628, deep in the scientific revolution, while Harvey was publishing the circulation of blood and Kepler still defended his planetary laws. Nearly four centuries later, that quiet yellow glow reaches us, never once having paused on the way.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 54301 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 61° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 28° N.
It ranks no. 30 in brightness among the 124 stars of Carina in our catalogue. To find it, start from Canopus, the brightest: it lies about 37° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 400 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 54301
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.62
- Distance
- 398.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 166.635° · Dec -62.424°
- Catalogue
- HIP 54301 · HD 96566
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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 473914.51
- HIP 524684.58
- HIP 547514.59
- HIP 511924.65
- HIP 446264.66