Star profile
HIP 111967
What is HIP 111967
In Tucana, the small southern constellation of exotic birds, shines an orange star. Its light crossed some 852 years before reaching us: it set out around 1174, when Saladin took Damascus and the leaning tower of Pisa was being raised. Cooler than the Sun, its coppery glow seems to slide between the feathers of a toucan sketched in the southern sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 111967 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 33° N.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 28 stars of Tucana in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Tucanae, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 850 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 111967
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.98
- Distance
- 851.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 340.204° · Dec -57.422°
- Catalogue
- HIP 111967 · HD 214632
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Other stars in Tucana
Tucana has 28 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Tucanae2.87
- Gamma Tucanae3.99
- Zeta Tucanae4.23
- HIP 42005.73
- HIP 31705.89
- HIP 1180925.95
- HIP 33525.99
- HYG 1179966.00