Star profile

HIP 12608

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 12608

In the southern Furnace, some 412 light-years away, shines this yellow type G star, a distant sibling of the Sun in colour. Its light set out around 1614, when John Napier published his tables of logarithms and European mathematics took a leap that would change astronomy. Slightly larger and more luminous than our star, it glows golden within a small modern constellation traced under the skies of the far south.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 12608 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October: 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 12608

Constellation: Fornax
Apparent magnitude: 5.99
Distance: 412.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 40.528° · Dec -38.384°
Catalogue: HIP 12608 · HD 16975

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Other stars in Fornax

Fornax has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 26 stars in Fornax