Star profile

HIP 27243

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 27243

Pictor, the painter's easel, holds upon its canvas this orange K-type star, cooler and older than the Sun. Its light began travelling around 1556, the year Emperor Charles V abdicated in Brussels and imperial Europe changed hands. That copper ember crossed nearly five centuries of darkness before settling onto today's telescopes.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 27243 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 3° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 77° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 43° N.

It ranks no. 11 in brightness among the 23 stars of Pictor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Pictor, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 470 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 27243

Constellation: Pictor
Apparent magnitude: 5.31
Distance: 469.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 86.614° · Dec -46.597°
Catalogue: HIP 27243 · HD 38871

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Other stars in Pictor

Pictor has 23 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 23 stars in Pictor