Star profile
HIP 115144
What is HIP 115144
An unnamed orange star in Aquarius, distant and discreet. Its light has been crossing the cosmos for 1394 years —it set off around the year 632, the very year Muhammad died in Medina— and reaches us with a faint golden glow. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger, it is a K-type giant in full expansion. An ancient beacon, whose signal began its journey just as human history was entering a new era.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 115144 lies in the southern 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 115144
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.96
- Distance
- 1394.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 349.850° · Dec -18.075°
- Catalogue
- HIP 115144 · HD 219879
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Other stars in Aquarius
Aquarius has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SadalsuudBeta Aquarii2.90
- SadalmelikAlpha Aquarii2.95
- SkatDelta Aquarii3.27
- HIP 1035455.95
- HIP 1163685.95
- 45 Aquarii5.96
- HIP 1115155.97
- HIP 1138015.97