Star profile
HIP 78655
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 78655
In the constellation of the Wolf burns a blue star, its surface so hot that its light leans into the ultraviolet. Its glow travelled almost four centuries before reaching us: it left around 1626, when the Peace of Westminster was signed and the Dutch founded New Amsterdam. It is one of those young, fierce furnaces our warm golden Sun will never imitate.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 78655 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 culminates about 11° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 85° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 51° N.
It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 74 stars of Lupus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lupi, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 400 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 78655
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.90
- Distance
- 399.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 240.851° · Dec -38.603°
- Catalogue
- HIP 78655 · HD 143699
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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
- Psi 2 Lupi4.75
- HIP 701044.78
- HIP 744494.83
- 1 Lupi4.91
- Nu 1 Lupi4.99