Star profile
HIP 1074
Southern polar starWhat is HIP 1074
In Octans, the constellation that frames the celestial south pole, this cool red M-type giant shines. Its light set out around the year 1052, when a supernova in Taurus produced the Crab Nebula, recorded by Chinese astronomers. Octans can only be seen from the southern hemisphere: this star belongs to the inverted sky that the ancient Mediterranean civilisations never knew.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 1074 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 39° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 5° N.
It ranks no. 27 in brightness among the 35 stars of Octans in our catalogue. To find it, start from Nu Octans, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 970 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 1074
- Constellation
- Octans
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 973.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 3.331° · Dec -84.994°
- Catalogue
- HIP 1074 · HD 1032
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Other stars in Octans
Octans has 35 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Nu Octans3.73
- Beta Octans4.13
- Delta Octans4.31
- HIP 1171255.74
- HIP 1014275.76
- Upsilon Octans5.76
- HIP 1162505.82
- Omega Octans5.88