Star profile
HIP 86019
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 86019
In the Serpent burns a blue star of clean fire. Its light crossed some four hundred years before reaching us: it set out around 1624, when Richelieu became First Minister of France and the Dutch founded New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Its surface seethes at temperatures that dwarf the Sun, and its lavender hue cuts the sky like a blade.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 86019 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 27° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 38° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 67° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 79° N.
It ranks no. 37 in brightness among the 65 stars of Serpens in our catalogue. To find it, start from Unukalhai, the brightest: it lies about 33° 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 86019
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.54
- Distance
- 402.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 263.693° · Dec -11.242°
- Catalogue
- HIP 86019 · HD 159358
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Other stars in Serpens
Serpens has 65 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- UnukalhaiAlpha Serpens2.63
- Eta Serpens3.23
- Mu Serpens3.54
- HIP 779025.45
- 11 Serpens5.50
- Phi Serpens5.54
- 64 Serpens5.56
- HIP 771635.57