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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 52° N.

It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 26 stars of Fornax in our catalogue. To find it, start from Dalim, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.

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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