Star profile
HIP 104978
What is HIP 104978
A white A-type star glows within the southern constellation of Indus, hotter and more luminous than the Sun, with the cool clarity of a young, stable star. Its light set out around four centuries ago, when European voyagers were charting the southern hemisphere and discovering constellations the ancients had never seen. After 428 light-years it arrives tonight, faithful witness of a time when the southern sky finally entered the catalogues of humankind.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 104978 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 104978
- Constellation
- Indus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 428.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 318.941° · Dec -53.263°
- Catalogue
- HIP 104978 · HD 202103
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Other stars in Indus
Indus has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Indus3.11
- Beta Indus3.67
- Theta Indus4.39
- HIP 1109355.56
- HIP 1077735.62
- Kappa 2 Indus5.62
- HIP 1036735.76
- HIP 1106685.78