Star profile
HIP 64607
Variable starWhat is HIP 64607
Virgo is one of the vastest constellations in the sky and shelters every kind of star, including this red M-type sun — cold and immense, whose brightness shifts over time like a slow breath. Its light took about 478 years to arrive: it set out when Luther was nailing his theses in Wittenberg and the Reformation was shaking the religious order of Europe. Red giants like this have passed their noon and are now slowly swelling, quietly announcing the end of their long nuclear race.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 64607 lies in the northern 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 64607
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.64
- Distance
- 478.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 198.630° · Dec 11.332°
- Catalogue
- HIP 64607 · HD 115046
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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
- 6 Virginis5.58
- HIP 637385.58
- HIP 577915.62
- 33 Virginis5.65
- 71 Virginis5.65