Star profile
HIP 57851
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 57851
Within the tiny southern Fly, nearly invisible to northern observers, beats a young blue B-type star 362 light-years away. Its light set out when Newton was still publishing in Cambridge and refracting telescopes were beginning to unveil the southern firmament. Hot, with a surface near 14,000 degrees, it comfortably exceeds the Sun in mass and radiation.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 57851 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 59° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 25° N.
It ranks no. 10 in brightness among the 31 stars of Musca in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Musca, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 57851
- Constellation
- Musca
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.89
- Distance
- 362.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 177.964° · Dec -65.206°
- Catalogue
- HIP 57851 · HD 103079
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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
- Mu Musca4.75
- Eta Musca4.79
- HIP 648204.86
- HIP 576964.98
- HIP 568625.01