Star profile
HIP 61212
What is HIP 61212
Within the modest Crow, Corvus —that small black sail nailed south of Virgo— shines a yellow-white type F star, slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun. Its light took barely 124 years to cross the void: it set out when the Lumière brothers were projecting their first films in Paris and the Belle Époque lit its gaslit cafés. It still arrives young, a clear flame among the four wings of the mythic bird.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 61212 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 25° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 35° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 70° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 76° N.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 18 stars of Corvus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gienah, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 120 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 61212
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- 124.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 188.150° · Dec -13.859°
- Catalogue
- HIP 61212 · HD 109141
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Other stars in Corvus
Corvus has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- GienahGamma Corvi2.58
- KrazBeta Corvi2.65
- AlgorabDelta Corvi2.94
- HIP 612965.58
- HIP 610155.63
- 6 Corvi5.66
- HIP 597285.82
- HIP 601575.94