Star profile
HIP 104750
What is HIP 104750
Deep in the southern sky, within the small constellation of Microscopium, shines this orange K-type star. Its light set out around 367 years ago, when Antoni van Leeuwenhoek first observed microorganisms through his hand-polished lenses. Cooler than the Sun yet swollen with age, it reveals a calm orange typical of mature stars. Its austral corner is modest but fitting: a constellation devoted to the instrument that uncovered the invisible now keeps watch over a distant flame.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 104750 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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Astronomical data for HIP 104750
- Constellation
- Microscopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.41
- Distance
- 366.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 318.322° · Dec -27.619°
- Catalogue
- HIP 104750 · HD 201901
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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 1047385.25
- Zeta Microscopium5.32
- HIP 1031275.34
- HIP 1020145.47
- HIP 1024975.48