Star profile
HIP 102916
What is HIP 102916
In the small constellation of Microscopium, drawn in the 18th century by Lacaille in tribute to the instrument. It shines 587 light-years away: its light departed around 1438, when the Medici were consolidating Florence as the capital of the Renaissance. An orange K giant, one of the myriad mature suns scattered across the southern sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 102916 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 102916
- Constellation
- Microscopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.52
- Distance
- 587.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 312.753° · Dec -37.913°
- Catalogue
- HIP 102916 · HD 198357
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Other stars in Microscopium
Microscopium has 23 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Gamma Microscopium4.67
- Epsilon Microscopium4.71
- Theta 1 Microscopium4.80
- HIP 1020145.47
- HIP 1024975.48
- HIP 1059135.50
- Eta Microscopium5.55
- HIP 1058545.64