Star profile
HIP 104440
What is HIP 104440
In the plumage of Pavo glows a yellow G-type star, southern double of the Sun. Its light departed sixty-five years ago, when Yuri Gagarin was orbiting the Earth and humankind first leaned out into space. Warm and calm, it looks like a small family fire hung in the southern sky. To see it tonight is to return to the precise moment when humanity looked down from outside and discovered that its home was blue.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 104440 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 51° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 17° N.
It ranks no. 32 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 65 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 104440
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 64.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 317.341° · Dec -73.173°
- Catalogue
- HIP 104440 · HD 200525
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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
- HIP 947895.52
- HIP 894875.58
- HIP 1029625.67
- Theta Pavonis5.71
- HIP 906645.74