Star profile
HIP 108543
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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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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.
- AlnairAlpha Grus1.73
- TiakiBeta Grus2.07
- AldhanabGamma Grus3.00
- HIP 1128325.43
- HIP 1082945.45
- Nu Grus5.47
- HIP 1123815.52
- Omicron Grus5.53