Star profile
HIP 63738
What is HIP 63738
In the mantle of Virgo shines a yellow-white sun, a sharp, nearby F-type star whose light covered 92 years to reach us. When it set out, the first regular radio broadcasts were crossing the European air. Slightly hotter and larger than our Sun, it offers a clean light, almost like freshly printed paper —a serene clarity in the region of sky where the Sun travels on its way to the equinoxes.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 63738 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 63738
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.58
- Distance
- 92.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 195.942° · Dec -20.583°
- Catalogue
- HIP 63738 · HD 113415
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Other stars in Virgo
Virgo has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SpicaAlpha Virginis0.98
- PorrimaGamma Virginis2.74
- VindemiatrixEpsilon Virginis2.85
- 31 Virginis5.57
- HIP 641225.57
- 6 Virginis5.58
- HIP 577915.62
- HIP 646075.64