Star profile
HIP 54751
Variable starWhat is HIP 54751
It shines white and pulsing in Carina, with the quiet beat of a class A variable. The immense gulf that separates it from us —hundreds of thousands of light years— places its origin long before any written human memory. It now oscillates to its own cadence, unconcerned with the earthly instruments that barely manage to record it.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 54751 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 64° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 30° N.
It ranks no. 29 in brightness among the 124 stars of Carina in our catalogue. To find it, start from Canopus, the brightest: it lies about 38° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 54751
- Constellation
- Carina
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.59
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 168.150° · Dec -60.318°
- Catalogue
- HIP 54751 · HD 97534
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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 431054.50
- HIP 473914.51
- HIP 524684.58
- HIP 543014.62
- HIP 511924.65