Star profile
HIP 80675
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 80675
In Norma, the small, discreet constellation of the carpenter's square, it burns with the intense blue of class B stars. Its glow crossed 1,342 years before arriving: when it set out, Charlemagne had just been crowned emperor in Rome and Europe was beginning to organise itself around the Holy Roman Empire. It is a young, very hot sun, whose surface comfortably exceeds 10,000 degrees, and which lives fast under the typical pattern of massive stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80675 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 65° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 31° N.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,300 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 80675
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 1342.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 247.063° · Dec -58.600°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80675 · HD 147977
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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 797545.45
- Iota 2 Norma5.57
- HIP 796895.61
- HIP 776455.74
- HIP 800545.76