Star profile

HIP 114366

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 114366

In the discreet constellation of Sculptor, devised by Lacaille in the eighteenth century, shines an orange K-type giant six hundred fifty light years away. Its light departed around the fourteenth century, when Petrarch was composing his Canzoniere in Tuscany and opening the way to the European literary Renaissance. Colder and far larger than the Sun, it offers its coppery glow to southern observers, fixed in the austral corner where the Sculptor's imaginary chisel carves in silence.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 114366 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 21° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 84° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 62° N.

It ranks no. 27 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 650 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 114366

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.88
Distance: 649.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 347.436° · Dec -28.089°
Catalogue: HIP 114366 · HD 218619

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Other stars in Sculptor

Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 33 stars in Sculptor