Star profile
HIP 83535
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 83535
Above the southern altar of Ara, this hot blue B-type star glows about 570 light-years away. Its light departed around 1455, when Gutenberg was printing the 42-line Bible and Constantinople had just fallen into Ottoman hands. Far hotter than the Sun, its bluish brilliance betrays a swift and intense stellar life. We contemplate it as a luminous echo from the dawn of printing and the close of the Middle Ages.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 83535 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 66° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 32° N.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 43 stars of Ara in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Ara, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 570 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 83535
- Constellation
- Ara
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 569.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 256.103° · Dec -57.712°
- Catalogue
- HIP 83535 · HD 153716
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Other stars in Ara
Ara has 43 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Ara2.84
- Alpha Ara2.84
- Zeta Ara3.12
- HIP 873145.68
- HIP 851475.69
- HIP 854705.72
- HIP 821105.74
- HIP 850685.76