Star profile

HIP 1096

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

What is HIP 1096

It dwells in Sculptor, a constellation introduced by Lacaille in honour of the sculptor's workshop. It is an orange giant, of K class, swollen and far more luminous than the Sun. Its light has been crossing space for nearly thirteen hundred years —it set out when the first Benedictine monasteries were copying manuscripts in a fragmented Europe and the Abbasids were consolidating their caliphate in the East. It shines with the serene calm of mature stars, quietly presiding over a region of the southern sky relatively sparse in bright lights.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 1096 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 23° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 82° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 64° N.

It ranks no. 30 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 1,300 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 1096

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.94
Distance: 1294.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 3.426° · Dec -26.022°
Catalogue: HIP 1096 · HD 942

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Other stars in Sculptor

Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 33 stars in Sculptor