Star profile
HIP 61296
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: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
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.
- GienahGamma Corvi2.58
- KrazBeta Corvi2.65
- AlgorabDelta Corvi2.94
- Zeta Corvi5.20
- HIP 585875.28
- 3 Corvi5.45
- HIP 610155.63
- 6 Corvi5.66