Star profile
HIP 113969
What is HIP 113969
In the modest southern constellation of Indus — the indigenous figure sketched by Bayer at the close of the sixteenth century — keeps watch a white F-type sun, slightly hotter than our own. Its 174 light-years set out while Darwin was silently maturing his notebooks on the origin of species, not yet daring to publish them. Its light, a serene traveler, illustrates how slow revolutions of thought can sometimes be.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 113969 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, 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 55° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 21° N.
It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 19 stars of Indus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Indus, the brightest: it lies about 28° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 170 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 113969
- Constellation
- Indus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.53
- Distance
- 174.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 346.217° · Dec -68.820°
- Catalogue
- HIP 113969 · HD 217831
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Other stars in Indus
Indus has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Indus3.11
- Beta Indus3.67
- Theta Indus4.39
- Mu Indus5.17
- Nu Indus5.28
- Omicron Indus5.52
- HIP 1109355.56
- HIP 1077735.62