Star profile
HIP 102962
What is HIP 102962
Among the southern plumage of Pavo, this white A-type star holds itself like a bright note about 250 light-years away. Its light began the path around 1776, while the United States Declaration of Independence was being signed and James Watt was refining his steam engine. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, its bluish-white surface radiates with elegance. Its glow reaches us now as a luminous whisper from the age of revolutions.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 102962 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 102962
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 249.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 312.910° · Dec -62.429°
- Catalogue
- HIP 102962 · HD 198160
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Other stars in Pavo
Pavo has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- PeacockAlpha Pavonis1.94
- Beta Pavonis3.42
- Delta Pavonis3.55
- Iota Pavonis5.47
- HIP 947895.52
- HIP 894875.58
- HIP 1044405.67
- Theta Pavonis5.71