Star profile
HIP 101843
Southern polar starWhat is HIP 101843
In Octans, the constellation that embraces the celestial south pole, shines this orange K-type star, cool and amber in hue. Its light set out 638 years ago, around 1386, when the first stone was being laid for the Cathedral of Milan, one of the great Gothic works of 14th-century Europe. It is one of those quiet stars that watch over the southern pole, a symbolic place for navigators of the southern hemisphere, who have no Polar star to guide them.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 101843 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, 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 43° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 9° N.
It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 35 stars of Octans in our catalogue. To find it, start from Nu Octans, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 640 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 101843
- Constellation
- Octans
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 638.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 309.578° · Dec -81.289°
- Catalogue
- HIP 101843 · HD 194612
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Other stars in Octans
Octans has 35 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Nu Octans3.73
- Beta Octans4.13
- Delta Octans4.31
- HIP 1162505.82
- Omega Octans5.88
- HIP 76015.88
- HIP 1088495.94
- HIP 906065.95