Star profile
HIP 58576
Nearby starWhat is HIP 58576
Almost a neighbour of ours, 41.6 light-years away in Virgo, shines an orange K-type star whose light set out around 1984, when the fall of the wall between East and West was still to come and the Cold War was living its last tense decade. Cooler and more modest than the Sun, its calm atmosphere harbours hints of planets and an almost familiar warm tone.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 58576 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: 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 58576
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.54
- Distance
- 41.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 180.185° · Dec -10.446°
- Catalogue
- HIP 58576 · HD 104304
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Other stars in Virgo
Virgo has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SpicaAlpha Virginis0.98
- PorrimaGamma Virginis2.74
- VindemiatrixEpsilon Virginis2.85
- HIP 731935.51
- 75 Virginis5.52
- HIP 696585.53
- 83 Virginis5.55
- 31 Virginis5.57