Star profile
HIP 58379
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 58379
The Southern Cross hosts a blue class B star whose light took 762 years to reach us. When it left, European courts were witnessing the rise of the first stable universities and Atlantic sailors were starting to use the compass routinely. Its blue-white hue betrays a very hot surface, able to ionize the surrounding gas. It is one of the bright young stars adorning the small but iconic southern constellation.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 58379 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 68° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 34° N.
It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 32 stars of Crux in our catalogue. To find it, start from Acrux, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 760 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 58379
- Constellation
- Crux
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.44
- Distance
- 762.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 179.563° · Dec -56.317°
- Catalogue
- HIP 58379 · HD 103961
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Other stars in Crux
Crux has 32 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AcruxAlpha 1 Crucis0.77
- MimosaBeta Crucis1.25
- GacruxGamma Crucis1.59
- HIP 631175.34
- HIP 603795.38
- HIP 607815.38
- HIP 611365.49
- HIP 583265.59