Star profile
HIP 80390
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 80390
In Scorpius shines a blue-white B-type star, young and hot, whose light set out around 1605, the year Cervantes published the first part of Don Quixote. Far more massive and luminous than the Sun, it radiates with the clean fury of stars that have only just begun their existence. Its sharp, cold glow crosses four centuries to join the gleam at the scorpion's sting.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80390 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 culminates about 1° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 52° N.
It ranks no. 54 in brightness among the 104 stars of Scorpius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Antares, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 420 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 80390
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.42
- Distance
- 420.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 246.132° · Dec -37.566°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80390 · HD 147628
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Other stars in Scorpius
Scorpius has 104 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AntaresAlpha Scorpii1.06
- ShaulaLambda Scorpii1.62
- SargasTheta Scorpii1.86
- HIP 778585.38
- HIP 803995.40
- HIP 778595.41
- HIP 782465.43
- 16 Scorpii5.43