Star profile

HIP 108543

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

What is HIP 108543

In the southern Crane, the bird that crosses the sky in silence, shines an orange star of unhurried bearing. Its light began its journey 433 years ago, when Galileo was still a young professor in Pisa and Cervantes was preparing what would one day become the Quixote. Cooler than the Sun and warm in tone, it evokes the glow of an oil lamp lit in a winter courtyard.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 108543 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 culminates about 1° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 52° N.

It ranks no. 21 in brightness among the 39 stars of Grus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alnair, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 430 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 108543

Constellation: Grus
Apparent magnitude: 5.50
Distance: 432.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 329.825° · Dec -38.395°
Catalogue: HIP 108543 · HD 208737

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Other stars in Grus

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

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