Star profile
HIP 28484
What is HIP 28484
In Pictor, that modern constellation created to honour the painter's easel, shines an A-type white star. Its light set out two hundred and twelve years ago, in the heart of the Napoleonic era, when Goya was painting the disasters of war and Beethoven was dictating symphonies over Europe. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it sheds a cool, almost mineral white glow. It is a serene point in a small, quiet southern figure, like a white brushstroke left on purpose across an almost empty nocturnal canvas.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 28484 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 73° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 39° N.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 23 stars of Pictor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Pictor, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 210 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 28484
- Constellation
- Pictor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.65
- Distance
- 212.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 90.205° · Dec -51.216°
- Catalogue
- HIP 28484 · HD 41214
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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
- HIP 257685.46
- Iota Pictor5.58
- Nu Pictor5.60
- Mu Pictor5.69
- HIP 304635.78