Star profile
HIP 43370
What is HIP 43370
In the small compass of Pyxis, a remnant of the ancient ship Argo, a yellow G-type star shines 752 light-years away. Its light set out when Marco Polo was returning from Cathay and bringing Europe tales of a fabulous Orient. Like the Sun in colour and temperature, it pulses with the same yellow serenity we know so well. It is a distant companion of our own star, separated from us by seven centuries of travel.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 43370 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 9° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 20° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 61° N.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 18 stars of Pyxis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Pyxidis, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 750 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 43370
- Constellation
- Pyxis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.86
- Distance
- 751.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 132.509° · Dec -29.463°
- Catalogue
- HIP 43370 · HD 75629
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Other stars in Pyxis
Pyxis has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Pyxidis3.68
- Beta Pyxidis3.97
- Gamma Pyxidis4.02
- Epsilon Pyxidis5.59
- HIP 417235.61
- HIP 429235.74
- HIP 415155.75
- HIP 421475.95