Star profile
HIP 76618
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 76618
Hot and bluish-white, this B-type star embedded in Norma —a small constellation wedged between Centaurus and Scorpius— shines more in ultraviolet than in visible light. Its 408-year journey began around 1617, the year Kepler published the third law of planetary motion.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 76618 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 culminates about 72° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 38° N.
It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 76618
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.43
- Distance
- 408.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 234.706° · Dec -52.373°
- Catalogue
- HIP 76618 · HD 139129
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Other stars in Norma
Norma has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Gamma 2 Norma4.01
- Epsilon Norma4.46
- Iota 1 Norma4.63
- Theta Norma5.13
- HIP 802085.32
- HIP 807825.35
- Lambda Norma5.44
- HIP 797545.45