Star profile
HIP 83574
Variable starWhat is HIP 83574
A blue-white light pulses at the heart of Scorpius, marking a class B variable —hot, cosmically young, restless in brightness. The distance its glow has crossed is so great that the era of its departure lies beyond any chronicle. The scorpion s claw holds it fixed and unmoved.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 83574 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 4° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 15° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 90° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 56° N.
It ranks no. 34 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 330,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 83574
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.83
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 256.206° · Dec -34.123°
- Catalogue
- HIP 83574 · HD 154090
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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
- 22 Scorpii4.79
- HIP 872204.79
- HIP 798814.80
- GraffiasXi Scorpii4.84
- HIP 878464.85