Star profile

HIP 59728

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 59728

Corvus, the raven who betrayed the sun god, holds this orange star 270 light-years away. Her light departed around 1756, while Mozart was a child in Salzburg and the Seven Years' War was setting Europe alight. An uneventful K, the colour of a dry leaf when one catches her with the naked eye on a clear southern night.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 59728 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 59728

Constellation: Corvus
Apparent magnitude: 5.82
Distance: 270.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 183.748° · Dec -20.844°
Catalogue: HIP 59728 · HD 106485

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Other stars in Corvus

Corvus has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 18 stars in Corvus