Star profile
HIP 69389
Variable starWhat is HIP 69389
Bluish-white and capricious, this Virgo B-star varies in short pulses —the signature of very hot gases stirred by rapid rotation. Its glow travelled 258 years to reach us: it left when Mozart was still a child prodigy touring European courts, and it goes on crossing the silence of the void.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 69389 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 41° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 52° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 54° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 88° S.
It ranks no. 34 in brightness among the 99 stars of Virgo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Spica, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 260 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 69389
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.99
- Distance
- 258.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 213.066° · Dec 2.409°
- Catalogue
- HIP 69389 · HD 124224
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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
- 89 Virginis4.96
- 16 Virginis4.97
- 70 Virginis4.97
- 82 Virginis5.03
- 53 Virginis5.04