Star profile
HIP 74750
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 74750
In the southern Compass —a constellation traced by Lacaille in the 18th century— burns a very distant blue star, 1,681 light-years away. Its light set out around the year 345, when Constantine the Great was consolidating his new capital on the Bosphorus. Very hot B-type stars are brief sparks: they live for millions of years, not billions, and often die as supernovae.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 74750 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 never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 63° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 29° N.
It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 21 stars of Circinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Circinus, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,700 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 74750
- Constellation
- Circinus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- 1681.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 229.153° · Dec -60.904°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74750 · HD 135160
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Other stars in Circinus
Circinus has 21 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Circinus3.18
- Beta Circinus4.07
- Gamma Circinus4.48
- HIP 697635.72
- HIP 676645.73
- HIP 679425.74
- HIP 710025.84
- HIP 706575.87