Star profile
HIP 118092
What is HIP 118092
In southern Tucana, where Bayer placed the Small Magellanic Cloud, shines this white A-type star at 215 light-years. Its light set out around 1810, the year Hidalgo cried the «Grito de Dolores» in Mexico and independence movements were sweeping through Latin America. It is an electric surface, far hotter than the Sun, painted in vivid white.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 118092 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 61° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 27° N.
It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 28 stars of Tucana in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Tucanae, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 220 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 118092
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 215.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 359.333° · Dec -62.957°
- Catalogue
- HIP 118092 · HD 224361
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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
- HIP 1170885.73
- HIP 42005.73
- HIP 31705.89
- HIP 1119675.98
- HIP 33525.99