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, 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 55° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 21° N.
It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 31 stars of Musca in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Musca, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 340 years ago.
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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