Star profile
HIP 74066
Variable starWhat is HIP 74066
In the silhouette of the southern Wolf burns a blue B-class star, variable and still young, lying some three hundred and sixty light-years away. The cold light that now describes it set out when the European kingdoms were consolidating their absolute monarchies and Dutch ships were sailing for the East Indies. Its brightness is not steady: it oscillates slowly, like a blue pulse, recalling how violent the interior of the youngest stars can be.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 74066 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 74066
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 361.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 227.051° · Dec -40.584°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74066 · HD 133880
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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
- Kappa 2 Lupi5.70
- HIP 789705.72
- HIP 722505.74
- HIP 740065.77
- HIP 781425.78