The Sky Above Marie Curie at the Moment of Death

Person · 1867–1934 · Approximate time

The record

• Date of death: 1934-07-04
• Time of death (local): 06:00 (Approximate time) — The official communiqué records only that she died "à l'aube" — at dawn — at the Sancellemoz sanatorium. 06:00 anchors that dawn window; no minute-level record exists.
• Place: Passy (Sancellemoz), Haute-Savoie, France
• UTC: 1934-07-04T05:00Z

The sky at that moment

• Zenith (the point directly overhead): RA 4.07°, Dec 46.29°

Star closest to the zenith

Computed with the same standard astronomy as our free calculator: the recorded time and place give the local sidereal time, which fixes the zenith; the closest star by angular distance inside a ±15° declination band of the real catalog is selected. What is shown here is the purely astronomical result — the nearest star to the zenith.

• Catalog ID: HIP 1456
• Constellation: Andromeda
• Magnitude: 6.83
• Distance (light-years): 668.4
• Angular distance from zenith (degrees): 0.3337°

Brightest stars in that sky

The brightest real stars (catalog IDs from the HYG star catalog — mostly Hipparcos/HIP numbers) that were above 10° altitude at that same moment.

• HIP 91262 — Lyra, Magnitude 0.03 (30.5°)
• HIP 24608 — Auriga, Magnitude 0.08 (39.3°)
• HIP 97649 — Aquila, Magnitude 0.76 (23.3°)
• HIP 21421 — Taurus, Magnitude 0.87 (28.5°)
• HYG 118360 — Auriga, Magnitude 0.96 (39.3°)

Sources & verification

Last verified: 2026-09-17

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• Musée Curie — Death certificate issued at Sancellemoz; date and place: https://musee.curie.fr/blog/de-quoi-est-morte-marie-curie
• The New York Times obituary (1934) — Date and place (Sancellemoz, Passy); no clock time given: https://www.nytimes.com/1934/07/05/archives/mme-curie-is-dead-martyr-to-science-end-hastened-for-codiscoverer.html

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玛丽·居里离世时的星空(1934-07-04)| A Star Named

人物 · 1867–1934 · 时刻为约数

记录

• 离世日期: 1934-07-04
• 离世时刻(当地): 06:00 (时刻为约数) — 官方讣告仅记载她于桑塞勒莫兹疗养院「aube(黎明)」时分离世。06:00 是该黎明窗口的锚点值,无分钟级记录。
• 地点: 上萨瓦省帕西(桑塞勒莫兹疗养院), 法国
• 世界时(UTC): 1934-07-04T05:00Z

那一刻的星空

• 天顶(正头顶的那一点): RA 4.07°, Dec 46.29°

离天顶最近的星

与站内免费计算器同一套标准天文算法:由记录的时刻与地点推出当地恒星时,得到天顶坐标,再取真实星表里赤纬 ±15° 带内球面角距最小的星。这里给出的是「离天顶最近」这一纯天文结果。

• 星表编号: HIP 1456
• 星座: 仙女座
• 星等: 6.83
• 距离(光年): 668.4
• 与天顶的角距(度): 0.3337°

那一刻天空中最亮的星

同一时刻位于地平线 10° 以上、星等最亮的前几颗真实恒星(HYG 星表编号,多为 Hipparcos/HIP 编号)。

• HIP 91262 — 天琴座, 星等 0.03 (30.5°)
• HIP 24608 — 御夫座, 星等 0.08 (39.3°)
• HIP 97649 — 天鹰座, 星等 0.76 (23.3°)
• HIP 21421 — 金牛座, 星等 0.87 (28.5°)
• HYG 118360 — 御夫座, 星等 0.96 (39.3°)

来源与核验

最近核验: 2026-09-17

本页是独立的天文记录,与该人物本人、家属或遗产管理机构无任何关联,亦未经其认可或授权。纪念命名仅为纪念意义,不获国际天文学联合会(IAU)官方承认。

• 居里博物馆 — 疗养院出具的死亡证明;日期与地点: https://musee.curie.fr/blog/de-quoi-est-morte-marie-curie
• 《纽约时报》讣告(1934) — 日期与地点(帕西桑塞勒莫兹);未给时刻: https://www.nytimes.com/1934/07/05/archives/mme-curie-is-dead-martyr-to-science-end-hastened-for-codiscoverer.html

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