Star profile
HIP 61136
Variable starWhat is HIP 61136
In the small Southern Cross, this yellow-white F-type star with a variable nature beats at 1,400 light years. Its light set out around the year 626, when the Byzantine Empire had just survived the siege of Constantinople by Persians and Avars. Magnitude 5.49, right at the edge of what can be perceived under deep skies, its pulsation belongs to the family of stars that have taught modern astronomy how to measure the universe.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 61136 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 61136
- Constellation
- Crux
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.49
- Distance
- 1400.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 187.918° · Dec -59.424°
- Catalogue
- HIP 61136 · HD 108968
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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
- HIP 603795.38
- HIP 607815.38
- HIP 583795.44
- HIP 583265.59
- HIP 584275.59