Star profile
HIP 73536
Cool red starWhat is HIP 73536
In the depths of Virgo burns a red sun, an old and vast M-type star whose light set out 2,297 years ago. When it began its journey, the legions of the Roman Republic were advancing across the Italian peninsula and Aristotle was teaching at the Lyceum. Far cooler and more swollen than our Sun, it offers a muted ruby, an autumnal flame that prefers to burn long over burning fast —and has been doing so quietly for millennia.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 73536 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: 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 73536
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.71
- Distance
- 2297.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 225.454° · Dec -0.140°
- Catalogue
- HIP 73536 · HD 132933
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Other stars in Virgo
Virgo has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
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- 11 Virginis5.72
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