Star profile

HIP 110649

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is HIP 110649

Only 67.1 light years separate the Toucan observer from this yellowish-white class F star. Its light departed around 1959, the very year the Soviet probe Luna 2 became the first human-made object to reach another celestial body. A star slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun —a close cosmic neighbourhood for an almost candid brightness.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 110649 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 never rises above the horizon.
From New York it never rises above the horizon.
From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 66° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 32° N.

It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 28 stars of Tucana in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Tucanae, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 67 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 110649

Constellation: Tucana
Apparent magnitude: 5.31
Distance: 67.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 336.235° · Dec -57.797°
Catalogue: HIP 110649 · HD 212330

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Other stars in Tucana

Tucana has 28 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

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