hip-90200

Hot blue star

Its story

In the small Southern Crown shines a blue star of fierce fire. Its light set out almost five centuries ago, around 1538, when Charles V was signing the Truce of Nice and conquistadors were founding Bogotá. Its blazing surface —many times hotter than the Sun's— turns it into a seething flame stitched to the southern sky.

Constellation: Corona Australis
Apparent magnitude: 5.24
Distance: 487.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 276.076° · Dec -44.110°
Catalogue: HIP 90200 · HD 168905

Take your star to the gift that suits you best.

Choose a tier

Symbolic commemorative gift — no ownership, no IAU recognition.