Star profile
HIP 77562
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 77562
In the small constellation of Norma, a carpenter's square traced in the southern sky, shines a hot blue star. Its light set out around 1717, when Handel was premiering his Water Music on the Thames before King George I. Far more massive than the Sun, its blazing surface radiates an intense bluish white, characteristic of stars that burn quickly and very brightly.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 77562 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 77562
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 308.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 237.530° · Dec -53.210°
- Catalogue
- HIP 77562 · HD 141168
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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
- HIP 806755.67
- HIP 776455.74
- HIP 800545.76
- HIP 779905.78
- Zeta Norma5.78