Star profile
HIP 61181
What is HIP 61181
In Musca, the small southern Fly, it shines orange about 348 light years away. Its light set out around 1678, when Spinoza had just died, leaving his Ethics in posthumous form, and the French Académie was beginning to fix the canon of European literature. A K-type star, cooler than the Sun, with a coppery, steady glow. Its light crosses the southern sky like a small ember recalling the ancient warmth of hearths.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 61181 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 51° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 17° N.
It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 31 stars of Musca in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Musca, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 350 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 61181
- Constellation
- Musca
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 347.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 188.041° · Dec -73.001°
- Catalogue
- HIP 61181 · HD 108970
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Other stars in Musca
Musca has 31 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Musca2.69
- Beta Musca3.04
- Delta Musca3.61
- HIP 626085.55
- HIP 655225.65
- Zeta 1 Musca5.73
- HIP 562875.89
- HIP 587205.89