Star profile
HIP 104364
What is HIP 104364
In the southern plumage of Pavo burns an orange K-type star. Its light departed five hundred and twelve years ago, when Erasmus of Rotterdam was publishing his «Praise of Folly» and Europe was learning to laugh at itself. Cooler than the Sun, its glow arrives coppery and composed, like a quiet ember at the rim of the southern sky. To see it is to lean over a century that discovered the gentle blade of humour as a way of thinking the world.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 104364 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 60° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 26° N.
It ranks no. 37 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 510 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 104364
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 512.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 317.136° · Dec -63.928°
- Catalogue
- HIP 104364 · HD 200751
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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
- Theta Pavonis5.71
- HIP 906645.74
- HIP 983325.74
- Mu 1 Pavonis5.75
- HIP 918545.76