Star profile
HIP 64820
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 64820
In the small southern Musca shines an orange star whose light crossed 1,194.9 years to reach us: it left around the year 831, when the Christian kingdoms of northern Iberia were waging their first skirmishes in La Rioja. It is a luminous class K star —an orange giant whose energy comfortably exceeds that of the Sun despite its warm, deceptively gentle hue.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 64820 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 57° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 23° N.
It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 31 stars of Musca in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Musca, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,200 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 64820
- Constellation
- Musca
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.86
- Distance
- 1194.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 199.304° · Dec -66.783°
- Catalogue
- HIP 64820 · HD 115211
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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
- Epsilon Musca4.06
- Mu Musca4.75
- Eta Musca4.79
- HIP 578514.89
- HIP 576964.98