Star profile

HIP 107773

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

What is HIP 107773

Indus, the indian of the sky, holds this orange ember 338 light-years away. Its light set out when Cervantes had just published the second part of Don Quixote and Galileo s telescopes were pointing at Jupiter for the very first time. Three long centuries of silent emptiness, just so we may see it tonight, discreet, inside a constellation almost no one remembers naming.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 107773 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 59° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 25° N.

It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 19 stars of Indus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Indus, the brightest: it lies about 20° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 340 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 107773

Constellation: Indus
Apparent magnitude: 5.62
Distance: 338.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 327.501° · Dec -64.713°
Catalogue: HIP 107773 · HD 207229

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Other stars in Indus

Indus has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 19 stars in Indus