Star profile
HIP 58587
Variable starWhat is HIP 58587
In the discreet Crow burns a blue B-type star whose light flickers gently, marked by pulsation. Its distance is dizzying: three thousand one hundred sixty-seven light years. It set out around the year eleven forty, when Europe was raising its first Gothic cathedrals and master masons were learning to make stone float. Hot and luminous far beyond the Sun, its shifting glow is the heartbeat of a vast star that has not yet found its balance.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 58587 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 19° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 30° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 70° N.
It ranks no. 10 in brightness among the 18 stars of Corvus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gienah, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 3,200 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 58587
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.28
- Distance
- 3167.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 180.213° · Dec -19.659°
- Catalogue
- HIP 58587 · HD 104337
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Other stars in Corvus
Corvus has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- GienahGamma Corvi2.58
- KrazBeta Corvi2.65
- AlgorabDelta Corvi2.94
- HIP 602215.14
- HIP 619105.17
- Zeta Corvi5.20
- 3 Corvi5.45
- HIP 612965.58