Star profile
HIP 69269
Variable starWhat is HIP 69269
At the heart of Virgo pulses a red M-type giant, far cooler than the Sun and with restless light — its brightness shifts to a slow, private rhythm. When this light set out, some 461 years ago, Gutenberg's press had been transforming the world for barely a century and Copernicus was publishing his heliocentric revolution. That crimson pulse crosses Virgo like an ancient ember that breathes.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 69269 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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Astronomical data for HIP 69269
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.93
- Distance
- 460.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 212.710° · Dec -16.302°
- Catalogue
- HIP 69269 · HD 123934
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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
- Xi Virginis4.84
- Rho Virginis4.88
- 78 Virginis4.92
- 89 Virginis4.96
- 16 Virginis4.97