Star profile

HIP 107649

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 107649

Grus stretches its long neck across the southern sky, far from the bustle of more famous constellations. Among its points glows this yellow sun — nearly a twin of our own in colour, and remarkably close: its light took just 52 years to arrive. It set out in the late twentieth century, when Voyagers 1 and 2 had just visited Jupiter and Saturn and humans were seeing the rings in sharp detail for the first time. Having a G-type star this near is, for astronomers, a small silent gift of cosmic chance.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 107649 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 2° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 77° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 43° N.

It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 39 stars of Grus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alnair, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 52 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 107649

Constellation: Grus
Apparent magnitude: 5.57
Distance: 52.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 327.065° · Dec -47.304°
Catalogue: HIP 107649 · HD 207129

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Other stars in Grus

Grus has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 39 stars in Grus