Star profile
HIP 64390
What is HIP 64390
Its yellow-white light left Musca some 137 years ago, when Hertz was demonstrating in the laboratory the electromagnetic waves predicted by Maxwell. It is an F-type star, slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun, white with a barely golden tint. Musca is the only constellation named after an insect, perched south of the Cross as if circling the southern pole.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 64390 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 54° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 20° N.
It ranks no. 27 in brightness among the 31 stars of Musca in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Musca, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 140 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 64390
- Constellation
- Musca
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.92
- Distance
- 137.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 197.964° · Dec -69.942°
- Catalogue
- HIP 64390 · HD 114371
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Other stars in Musca
Musca has 31 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Musca2.69
- Beta Musca3.04
- Delta Musca3.61
- HIP 562875.89
- HIP 587205.89
- HIP 644665.91
- HIP 631655.93
- HIP 636885.93