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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, when it culminates around midnight.

  • From London it culminates about 18° above the horizon.
  • From New York it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
  • From Sydney it culminates about 77° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 69° N.

It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 18 stars of Corvus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gienah, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.

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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