Star profile
HIP 60855
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 60855
A blue B-type star burns in the southern constellation of Centaurus, several times hotter than the Sun and many times more luminous. Its light began crossing space some four centuries ago, around the time Galileo first turned his telescope on the night sky and discovered moons orbiting another world. After 437 light-years of silent travel, its cold blue glow arrives tonight, faithful to the era that finally proved the heavens were not perfect.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 60855 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 60855
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.45
- Distance
- 436.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 187.094° · Dec -39.041°
- Catalogue
- HIP 60855 · HD 108541
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Other stars in Centaurus
Centaurus has 174 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Rigil KentaurusAlpha 1 Centauri-0.01
- HadarBeta Centauri0.61
- TolimanAlpha 2 Centauri1.35
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- HIP 567005.46
- HIP 630665.46