Star profile
HIP 113622
What is HIP 113622
Pisces is an ancient zodiacal constellation formed by two fish tied by a celestial cord. Among its lesser stars glows this orange sun — cold and voluminous — whose light took about 446 years to arrive. It set out when the Reformation was shaking Europe and, at the same time, on the other side of the world, Iberian powers were extending their trade routes as far as Asia. This K-type star represents that long, golden phase in which a sun has burnt up its central hydrogen and begins, unhurriedly, to unfold its outer maturity.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 113622 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September: 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 113622
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.85
- Distance
- 445.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 345.179° · Dec 3.012°
- Catalogue
- HIP 113622 · HD 217459
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Other stars in Pisces
Pisces has 79 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AlphergEta Piscium3.62
- Gamma Piscium3.70
- AlreschaAlpha Piscium3.82
- 66 Piscium5.80
- HIP 54945.81
- HIP 8405.84
- 54 Piscium5.88
- HIP 1169185.89