Star profile
HIP 3583
Nearby starWhat is HIP 3583
In the southern bird of Phoenix shines a yellow G-class star, almost a twin to the Sun in colour, lying barely forty-nine light-years away. The light that now defines it set out around 1976, when the Viking probes were descending onto Mars and the first personal computers were timidly appearing in California. Its closeness makes it, within the catalogue, an almost familiar cosmic neighbour, similar in temperature and colour to our own star.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 3583 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 2° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 42° N.
It ranks no. 34 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 49 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 3583
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.80
- Distance
- 49.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 11.440° · Dec -47.552°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3583 · HD 4391
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Other stars in Phoenix
Phoenix has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnkaaAlpha Phoenicis2.40
- Beta Phoenicis3.32
- Gamma Phoenicis3.41
- HIP 5225.70
- Tau Phoenicis5.71
- Xi Phoenicis5.72
- HIP 100355.84
- HIP 104405.91