Star profile
HIP 57696
What is HIP 57696
In the small constellation of Musca, almost forgotten in the southern reaches, glows a yellow sun whose light set out around 1077, when Gregory VII and Henry IV were facing each other at Canossa. Brighter and more luminous than our own star, it travelled nearly a thousand years to meet a human eye. What we see today is the echo of a medieval world that no longer exists.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 57696 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: 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 57696
- Constellation
- Musca
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.98
- Distance
- 948.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 177.486° · Dec -70.226°
- Catalogue
- HIP 57696 · HD 102839
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Other stars in Musca
Musca has 31 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Musca2.69
- Beta Musca3.04
- Delta Musca3.61
- Eta Musca4.79
- HIP 648204.86
- HIP 578514.89
- HIP 568625.01
- Iota 1 Musca5.04