Star profile
HIP 115769
What is HIP 115769
In the Toucan shines at 314.3 light years a yellowish class G star, a distant sibling of the Sun. Its light began its journey around 1712, while Bach was composing in Weimar the first scores that would cement his European reputation. A discreet star —neither too hot nor too cold— of familiar golden tone, easy to imagine as a sun contemplated from another world.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 115769 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 never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 65° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 32° N.
It ranks no. 19 in brightness among the 28 stars of Tucana in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Tucanae, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 115769
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.63
- Distance
- 314.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 351.812° · Dec -58.476°
- Catalogue
- HIP 115769 · HD 220790
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Other stars in Tucana
Tucana has 28 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Tucanae2.87
- Gamma Tucanae3.99
- Zeta Tucanae4.23
- Pi Tucanae5.50
- HIP 3775.59
- HIP 1156205.60
- HIP 1149485.64
- HIP 1159085.66