Star profile
HIP 62027
Variable starWhat is HIP 62027
It lives in Crux, the small Southern Cross that guides voyagers across the southern hemisphere, and shines with the deep blue of the hottest B-class stars. Its light set out about twelve hundred years ago, just as Charlemagne had been crowned emperor and Latin Christendom was reshaping an unprecedented political order. It is a variable wrapped in a disk of gas —proof of its dizzying rotation— and outshines the Sun by thousands of times. Few stars conceal such violence beneath so delicate an appearance.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 62027 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 61° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 27° N.
It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 32 stars of Crux in our catalogue. To find it, start from Acrux, the brightest: it lies about 2° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,200 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 62027
- Constellation
- Crux
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.27
- Distance
- 1217.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 190.709° · Dec -63.059°
- Catalogue
- HIP 62027 · HD 110432
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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
- Theta 2 Crucis4.72
- HIP 619664.91
- Mu 2 Crucis5.08
- HIP 631175.34
- HIP 603795.38