Star profile
HIP 62058
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 62058
It shines in Crux, the small Southern Cross —cardinal emblem of the southern sky and badge on so many flags of the southern hemisphere. It is a hot blue star of B class, kin in color and temperature to the great beacons that populate the galaxy's young spiral arms. Its light set out some 382 years ago, when Galileo —already under house arrest— was publishing in the Netherlands his Discourses on Two New Sciences. Far hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it reinforces the bluish-white outline of the southern cross.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 62058 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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Astronomical data for HIP 62058
- Constellation
- Crux
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.99
- Distance
- 382.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 190.788° · Dec -56.176°
- Catalogue
- HIP 62058 · HD 110506
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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
- Kappa Crucis5.89
- HIP 595175.91
- HIP 603085.91
- HIP 589215.95
- HIP 611585.96