Star profile
HIP 57606
What is HIP 57606
It belongs to Leo, the lion of Greek mythology slain by Heracles in his first labor. Yellow-white in color and of F class, it radiates with a temperature somewhat above the Sun's. Its light set out around 195 years ago, when Faraday was demonstrating electromagnetic induction in London and opening the door to an electrified civilisation. It shines with that quiet stability of F-class stars well settled into their nuclear maturity —one more bead in those that outline the lion's mane and body in the spring sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 57606 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March: 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 57606
- Constellation
- Leo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.90
- Distance
- 194.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 177.161° · Dec 14.284°
- Catalogue
- HIP 57606 · HD 102590
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Other stars in Leo
Leo has 80 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RegulusAlpha Leonis1.36
- AlgiebaGamma 1 Leonis2.01
- DenebolaBeta Leonis2.14
- HIP 487345.85
- HIP 475445.90
- 76 Leonis5.90
- 55 Leonis5.91
- 56 Leonis5.91