Star profile
HIP 78279
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 78279
In Triangulum Australe, a modest figure of the southern sky, shines a blue-white B-type star, young and far hotter than the Sun. Its light set out about 889 years ago, when the first Gothic cathedrals were rising in Île-de-France and Andalusian astronomers were refining planetary tables in Toledo. It arrives now with the freshness of bluish suns, untouched after almost nine centuries of travel.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 78279 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June, 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 59° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 25° N.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 21 stars of Triangulum Australe in our catalogue. To find it, start from Atria, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 890 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 78279
- Constellation
- Triangulum Australe
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- 888.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 239.742° · Dec -65.038°
- Catalogue
- HIP 78279 · HD 142514
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Other stars in Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Australe has 21 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AtriaAlpha Trianguli Australis1.91
- Beta Trianguli Australis2.83
- Gamma Trianguli Australis2.87
- Theta Trianguli Australis5.50
- HIP 773905.54
- HIP 756655.71
- HIP 745825.75
- HIP 741845.76