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HIP 64540

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 64540

In the Hunting Dogs burns an orange K-type star, cool and unhurried, almost a candle in the back room of the sky. Its glow travelled 459 years: it left as Michelangelo s Last Judgement was being given its final touches in the Sistine Chapel around 1567. Calmer than the Sun, it watches the galaxies of the Northern Halo drift past without ever blinking.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 64540 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March, when it culminates around midnight.

  • From London it never sets and culminates about 79° up.
  • From New York it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
  • From Sydney it culminates about 16° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 50° S.

It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 33 stars of Canes Venatici in our catalogue. To find it, start from Cor Caroli, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 64540

Constellation
Canes Venatici
Apparent magnitude
4.94
Distance
459.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 198.429° · Dec 40.153°
Catalogue
HIP 64540 · HD 115004

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Other stars in Canes Venatici

Canes Venatici has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 33 stars in Canes Venatici