Star profile
HIP 108195
What is HIP 108195
Indus, a southern constellation traced by Dutch navigators in the late sixteenth century, contains this yellow-white star some one hundred and fifty-one light years away. Its light departed around the years of the First World War, when European fronts were sinking into the mud of the trenches. It arrives now, a century later, with barely a whisper.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 108195 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 62° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 28° N.
It ranks no. 19 in brightness among the 19 stars of Indus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Indus, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 150 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 108195
- Constellation
- Indus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.92
- Distance
- 151.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 328.797° · Dec -61.887°
- Catalogue
- HIP 108195 · HD 207964
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Other stars in Indus
Indus has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Indus3.11
- Beta Indus3.67
- Theta Indus4.39
- HIP 1077735.62
- Kappa 2 Indus5.62
- HIP 1049785.73
- HIP 1036735.76
- HIP 1106685.78