Star profile
HIP 111515
What is HIP 111515
In Aquarius, the water-bearer of the zodiac, glows an orange giant whose light set out around 1722, in the years Bach was writing the Well-Tempered Clavier. Cooler than the Sun and hundreds of times more luminous, it offers the warm hue of stars that have already walked far. After three centuries of travel, its coppery glow settles in a corner of the autumn sky filled with aquatic figures.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 111515 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 111515
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 303.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 338.902° · Dec -23.991°
- Catalogue
- HIP 111515 · HD 213986
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Other stars in Aquarius
Aquarius has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SadalsuudBeta Aquarii2.90
- SadalmelikAlpha Aquarii2.95
- SkatDelta Aquarii3.27
- HIP 1163685.95
- 45 Aquarii5.96
- HIP 1151445.96
- HIP 1138015.97
- HIP 1094665.98