Star profile
HIP 70894
What is HIP 70894
In Virgo, one of the largest constellations of the zodiac, a white A-class sun shines 258.7 light-years away. Hotter than the Sun, its light departed when Mozart was premiering The Marriage of Figaro in Prague and the European Enlightenment believed it had found, in reason and music, the clear road toward modernity. Two and a half centuries of voyage to reach us.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 70894 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 70894
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.96
- Distance
- 258.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 217.460° · Dec 0.829°
- Catalogue
- HIP 70894 · HD 127167
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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
- 10 Virginis5.95
- HIP 605955.95
- 50 Virginis5.95
- HIP 655455.97
- 46 Virginis5.99