Star profile
HIP 56078
What is HIP 56078
In the modest cup of Crater, 445 light years away, a white A-class star rests its clean brightness. The light peering over the horizon tonight took leave around 1580, when Drake was completing his circumnavigation of the globe and returning to Plymouth. Hydrogen-white colour, no known companions, no variability — a crystalline note sustained on the rim of the celestial cup.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 56078 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 14° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 25° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 81° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 66° N.
It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 17 stars of Crater in our catalogue. To find it, start from Delta Crateris, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 450 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 56078
- Constellation
- Crater
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.77
- Distance
- 445.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 172.411° · Dec -24.464°
- Catalogue
- HIP 56078 · HD 99922
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Other stars in Crater
Crater has 17 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Delta Crateris3.56
- Gamma Crateris4.06
- AlkesAlpha Crateris4.08
- Iota Crateris5.48
- HIP 540295.51
- HIP 533165.65
- HIP 537785.86
- HIP 537235.88