Star profile
HIP 114254
What is HIP 114254
Beneath the silent atelier of Sculptor, a modern constellation outlined by Lacaille, shines this yellow G-type star, about 270 light-years distant. Its light departed around 1755, when Lisbon was rebuilding after the devastating earthquake and Diderot was publishing new volumes of the Encyclopédie. Slightly more luminous than the Sun, it carries the warmth of an evolved G. It now reaches us as a luminous postcard from the mid-eighteenth century.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 114254 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 culminates about 10° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 20° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 85° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 61° N.
It ranks no. 19 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 24° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 114254
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.60
- Distance
- 268.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 347.088° · Dec -28.824°
- Catalogue
- HIP 114254 · HD 218434
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Other stars in Sculptor
Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Sculptor4.30
- Beta Sculptor4.38
- Gamma Sculptor4.41
- HIP 26615.55
- HIP 1182775.59
- Xi Sculptor5.59
- HIP 1153125.65
- HIP 12885.66