Star profile

HIP 42430

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 42430

A close neighbour in the modest constellation of Pyxis, that little celestial compass imagined by Lacaille in the 18th century. Its yellow light, almost a twin of the Sun's, needed just 63 years to reach us: it set out at the height of the Cold War, when humans were sending their first probes beyond the asteroid belt. A quiet, familiar G-type sun, suspended just beyond our own solar neighbourhood.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 42430 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February: 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 42430

Constellation: Pyxis
Apparent magnitude: 5.05
Distance: 63.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 129.783° · Dec -22.662°
Catalogue: HIP 42430 · HD 73752

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Other stars in Pyxis

Pyxis has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 18 stars in Pyxis