Star profile
HIP 3193
What is HIP 3193
In Cetus, the sea monster of the sky, shines an orange star of quiet light. Its light began its journey 471 years ago, when Philip II was inheriting a vast empire and Mediterranean shipyards were preparing the galleys that would one day clash at Lepanto. Cooler than the Sun and warm in tone, it recalls a lantern hung at the prow of a distant ship, visible and lonely in the night.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 3193 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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Astronomical data for HIP 3193
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.90
- Distance
- 471.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 10.177° · Dec -4.352°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3193 · HD 3807
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- HIP 43465.88
- HIP 110335.89
- HIP 113815.89
- HIP 38345.90
- HIP 65645.92