Star profile
HIP 74449
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 74449
Hot blue along the mane of Lupus, this B-type star burns at a temperature the Sun will never reach. Its light has been crossing space for five centuries —it left as Magellan was preparing the expedition that would first circumnavigate the world. While the ships looped around a planet, this photon looped around the void.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 74449 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 5° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 79° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 45° N.
It ranks no. 30 in brightness among the 74 stars of Lupus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lupi, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 500 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 74449
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.83
- Distance
- 504.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 228.207° · Dec -44.500°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74449 · HD 134687
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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
- Psi 1 Lupi4.66
- Psi 2 Lupi4.75
- HIP 701044.78
- HIP 786554.90
- 1 Lupi4.91