Star profile
HIP 27947
What is HIP 27947
In the deep south, within the small constellation of Pictor, a yellow-white F-type star burns at 113 light-years. Its light left for us during the Parisian Belle Époque, as Marie Curie was at work on her doctoral thesis on radioactivity and Hiroshima was still decades away.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 27947 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 never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 71° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 37° N.
It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 23 stars of Pictor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Pictor, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 110 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 27947
- Constellation
- Pictor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.29
- Distance
- 113.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 88.709° · Dec -52.635°
- Catalogue
- HIP 27947 · HD 40292
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Other stars in Pictor
Pictor has 23 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Pictor3.24
- Beta Pictor3.85
- Gamma Pictor4.50
- Eta 2 Pictor5.05
- HIP 276215.16
- HIP 309325.20
- Lambda Pictor5.30
- HIP 272435.31