Star profile
HIP 74707
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 74707
A distant yellow-white beacon in the constellation Lupus, the wolf. Its light has been travelling for 1763 years: it left when Rome was tottering under its late emperors and Germanic peoples were already crossing the limes. An F-class, notably luminous star, larger and more energetic than the Sun, it reaches us as a pale whisper after a millennium of journey across the galactic arm.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 74707 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 74707
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.15
- Distance
- 1763.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 229.017° · Dec -41.491°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74707 · HD 135345
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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 783234.99
- HIP 738265.13
- Xi 1 Lupi5.14
- HIP 722905.22
- HIP 769395.23