Star profile
HIP 17534
What is HIP 17534
In the deep south, within the small clock of Horologium, shines this orange K-type star. Its light set out around 338 years ago, near 1688, when Newton was finalizing his «Principia» and formulating the universal gravitation that tied the apple to the cosmos. Cooler than the Sun yet bulkier, it offers a warm orange tone typical of mature stars. The constellation, dedicated by Lacaille to the instrument that measures time, seems to keep this star like a silent pendulum of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 17534 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 17534
- Constellation
- Horologium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.72
- Distance
- 337.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 56.316° · Dec -47.359°
- Catalogue
- HIP 17534 · HD 23719
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Other stars in Horologium
Horologium has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Horologium3.85
- Delta Horologium4.93
- Beta Horologium4.98
- Iota Horologium5.40
- HIP 165095.67
- HIP 149305.71
- Gamma Horologium5.73
- HIP 108715.81