Star profile

HIP 106429

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 106429

Within the southern crane, 654 light-years away, glows an orange K-type star that has already journeyed far through its life. Its light set out when the kingdoms of Castile and Portugal were preparing voyages toward an unknown Atlantic, around the 14th century. Cooler and larger than the Sun, its dense atmosphere shifts its light toward amber, a colour of tempered forge in full calm.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 106429 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 4° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 79° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 45° N.

It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 39 stars of Grus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alnair, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 650 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 106429

Constellation: Grus
Apparent magnitude: 5.57
Distance: 653.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 323.348° · Dec -44.849°
Catalogue: HIP 106429 · HD 204960

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