No star has been selected yet.
You haven't picked a star yet
Back to the selector
Your star
hip-74696
Its story
In Lupus, the wolf of the southern firmament, gleams a blue-white A-type star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun. Its 163 light-years set out when Lincoln was delivering his Gettysburg Address amid the American Civil War, redefining in a few lines the meaning of modern democracy. Its light, contemporary with that oration, now arrives with stellar clarity.
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.96
- Distance
- 162.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 228.974° · Dec -48.074°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74696 · HD 135235
Take your star to the gift that suits you best.
Choose a tierSymbolic commemorative gift — no ownership, no IAU recognition.