Star profile
HIP 58921
Cool red starWhat is HIP 58921
In the direction of the Southern Cross shines a red type-M star, a cold ember that tints the southern sky with a deep, almost garnet, red. Far cooler than the Sun, it would burn with the patience of billions of years. Its light set out 684 years ago, when the Black Death was sweeping through Europe and a third of the continent vanished between 1347 and 1351. That silent light crossed human darkness without knowing it.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 58921 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: 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 58921
- Constellation
- Crux
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 683.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 181.238° · Dec -60.968°
- Catalogue
- HIP 58921 · HD 104933
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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
- Kappa Crucis5.89
- HIP 595175.91
- HIP 603085.91
- HIP 611585.96
- HIP 620585.99