Star profile
HIP 103389
What is HIP 103389
A little more than 71 light-years away, in Capricornus, it shines with the yellowish-white tone of class F stars, slightly hotter than the Sun. The light arriving now set out a little over seven decades ago, when post-war Europe was taking its first steps towards reconstruction and the pioneers of computing were building the first electronic computers. Because it is so close, it is one of those suns that can be studied in detail from Earth.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 103389 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 103389
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.70
- Distance
- 71.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 314.197° · Dec -26.296°
- Catalogue
- HIP 103389 · HD 199260
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Other stars in Capricornus
Capricornus has 48 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Deneb AlgediDelta Capricorni2.85
- DabihBeta Capricorni3.05
- AlgediAlpha 2 Capricorni3.58
- Lambda Capricorni5.57
- HIP 1055765.63
- HIP 1013455.66
- 37 Capricorni5.70
- HIP 998255.73