Star profile

HIP 61296

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 61296

In the wing of the small Crow shines a yellow type-G star, a far-off sister of the Sun with the same warm colour. Its light set out 161 years ago, when Jules Verne's «From the Earth to the Moon» was being published and human imagination was already dreaming of leaving the planet. It is a serene flame of a distant Sun that arrives just in time to light up our own modern nights.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 61296 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 26° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 36° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 69° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 77° N.

It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 18 stars of Corvus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gienah, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 61296

Constellation: Corvus
Apparent magnitude: 5.58
Distance: 161.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 188.393° · Dec -12.830°
Catalogue: HIP 61296 · HD 109272

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Other stars in Corvus

Corvus has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 18 stars in Corvus