Star profile
HIP 60595
What is HIP 60595
In the vast constellation of the Virgin, 230 light-years away, shines a white type-A star whose light departed when the first pianofortes still rang through European salons and Mozart was writing his final operas. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it unfolds that clean, cold whiteness so typical of its spectral class. It is a discreet star, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, but its crisp tone emerges clearly the moment any instrument captures it.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 60595 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March: 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 60595
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 230.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 186.299° · Dec -11.611°
- Catalogue
- HIP 60595 · HD 108107
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Other stars in Virgo
Virgo has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SpicaAlpha Virginis0.98
- PorrimaGamma Virginis2.74
- VindemiatrixEpsilon Virginis2.85
- HIP 733505.91
- HIP 662475.92
- 10 Virginis5.95
- 50 Virginis5.95
- HIP 708945.96