Star profile
HIP 113532
Variable starWhat is HIP 113532
It shines in Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish that in ancient tales drank the waters poured by Aquarius. Its yellow-white tone places it among the F-class stars, hotter than the Sun and crisper in light. What we see today is a glow that left around 312 years ago, when Enlightenment Europe was opening up to the encyclopedia and to the first modern scientific academies. It is a variable with a discreet pulse, enough to register small atmospheric oscillations as it orbits silently in the southern sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 113532 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 113532
- Constellation
- Piscis Austrinus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.51
- Distance
- 312.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 344.899° · Dec -29.462°
- Catalogue
- HIP 113532 · HD 217236
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Other stars in Piscis Austrinus
Piscis Austrinus has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- FomalhautAlpha Piscis Austrini1.17
- Epsilon Piscis Austrini4.18
- Delta Piscis Austrini4.20
- HIP 1094045.37
- Eta Piscis Austrini5.43
- Lambda Piscis Austrini5.45
- HIP 1136695.55
- HIP 1097375.58