Star profile
HIP 27435
Nearby starWhat is HIP 27435
In Orion, the most recognisable hunter of the winter sky, shines a yellow G-type star a mere 49 light-years away —a close, spectral cousin of the Sun. Its light set out in the late 1970s, when the Voyager probes were dispatched toward the edges of the Solar System and humanity first peered at the moons of the great outer planets. It is almost a sister of the Sun, a golden neighbour tucked among the hunter's constellations.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 27435 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: 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 27435
- Constellation
- Orion
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 49.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 87.146° · Dec -4.095°
- Catalogue
- HIP 27435 · HD 38858
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Other stars in Orion
Orion has 128 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RigelBeta Orionis0.18
- BetelgeuseAlpha Orionis0.45
- BellatrixGamma Orionis1.64
- HIP 277475.96
- HIP 263865.97
- HIP 269265.97
- HIP 275885.97
- HIP 281105.97