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: 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 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