Star profile
HIP 58720
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 58720
In the small southern constellation of Musca, this hot blue B-type star shines. Its light set out around 1681, when Edmond Halley was observing the comet that years later would bear his name. Musca was charted by Bayer in 1603 and originally named Apis (the bee) before its name changed: this star belongs to a sky mapped during the very renaissance of astronomy.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 58720 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 58720
- Constellation
- Musca
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 344.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 180.657° · Dec -69.192°
- Catalogue
- HIP 58720 · HD 104600
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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
- Zeta 1 Musca5.73
- HIP 611815.88
- HIP 562875.89
- HIP 644665.91
- HIP 643905.92