Star profile
HIP 73937
Variable starWhat is HIP 73937
Within the claws of the southern Wolf pulses a white type A star whose brightness varies calmly, like a slow breathing. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its light took roughly 396 years to cross the void: it set out when Rembrandt was painting The Night Watch in Amsterdam and Cardinal Richelieu governed from the shadow of the young Louis XIII. It still throbs today, faithful to its silent rhythm among the stars of the cosmic wolf.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 73937 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 73937
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 395.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 226.638° · Dec -30.918°
- Catalogue
- HIP 73937 · HD 133652
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Other stars in Lupus
Lupus has 74 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Lupi2.30
- Beta Lupi2.68
- Gamma Lupi2.80
- HIP 787475.91
- HIP 770865.93
- HIP 746965.96
- HIP 742245.98
- HIP 703635.99