Star profile

HIP 47199

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 47199

The Air Pump, that modern and rarely celebrated southern constellation, holds an orange star whose light set out two hundred and eighty years ago, when the first electrical experiments were astonishing European drawing rooms. It is an ageing giant with a surface cooler than the Sun’s, around four thousand degrees, granting it that warm, lukewarm-copper tone. Despite its modest brilliance, its sheer size keeps it visible. It dwells in a discreet patch of sky, with no famous stars to eclipse it.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 47199 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 6° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 17° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 88° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 58° N.

It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 23 stars of Antlia in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Antliae, the brightest: it lies about 11° 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 47199

Constellation: Antlia
Apparent magnitude: 5.62
Distance: 279.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 144.291° · Dec -32.179°
Catalogue: HIP 47199 · HD 83380

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Other stars in Antlia

Antlia has 23 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 23 stars in Antlia