Star profile

HIP 4890

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

What is HIP 4890

At 238 light years in the Phoenix, this yellow G-type star sends light that set out around 1788, on the eve of the French Revolution. Its magnitude 5.39 places it at the threshold of stars visible to the naked eye under clear skies, and its golden tone links it to the spectral family of the Sun. It is a distant sister of the daytime star, similar enough to suggest temperate worlds and distinct enough to keep its own story.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 4890 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 3° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 78° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 44° N.

It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 4890

Constellation: Phoenix
Apparent magnitude: 5.39
Distance: 238.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 15.705° · Dec -46.397°
Catalogue: HIP 4890 · HD 6245

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Other stars in Phoenix

Phoenix has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 39 stars in Phoenix