Star profile
HIP 106044
Variable starWhat is HIP 106044
Among the southern feathers of Pavo burns an old red giant, variable, some 412 light-years away. Its light set off toward us when Cervantes was finishing the second part of Don Quixote and telescopes barely existed. It pulses slowly, like a vast tired heart: each oscillation marks the time of a star in its long sunset.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 106044 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 54° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 20° N.
It ranks no. 28 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 106044
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.47
- Distance
- 411.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 322.187° · Dec -69.505°
- Catalogue
- HIP 106044 · HD 203881
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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 975345.39
- Sigma Pavonis5.41
- HIP 976465.41
- Iota Pavonis5.47
- HIP 947895.52