Star profile
HIP 46736
What is HIP 46736
It dwells in Antlia, the small air-pump constellation drawn by Lacaille, about 279 light years away. Its light began traveling around 1747, when James Lind was launching his clinical trials against scurvy and the Enlightenment was sweeping through European courts. A K-type star, cooler than the Sun, with an orange tone reminiscent of glowing wood embers. A modest light in a discreet constellation, yet charged with the stability only millennia bestow.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 46736 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 3° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 14° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 88° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 54° N.
It ranks no. 19 in brightness among the 23 stars of Antlia in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Antliae, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 280 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 46736
- Constellation
- Antlia
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.86
- Distance
- 279.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 142.888° · Dec -35.715°
- Catalogue
- HIP 46736 · HD 82514
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Other stars in Antlia
Antlia has 23 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Antliae4.28
- Epsilon Antliae4.51
- Iota Antliae4.60
- HIP 471875.68
- Zeta 1 Antliae5.75
- HIP 487485.83
- Zeta 2 Antliae5.91
- HIP 501035.91