Star profile

HIP 5494

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

What is HIP 5494

In Pisces, the zodiacal constellation where the celestial equator crosses the ecliptic at the vernal point, shines an orange K-type star, cooler than the Sun, with that golden ancient light that tinges the sky. Its glow travels close to 394 years to reach us: what we see today departed around 1632, just as Galileo was publishing in Florence his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems and defying the cosmos inherited from Ptolemy.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 5494 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October: 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 5494

Constellation: Pisces
Apparent magnitude: 5.81
Distance: 394.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 17.581° · Dec 25.458°
Catalogue: HIP 5494 · HD 6953

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Other stars in Pisces

Pisces has 79 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 79 stars in Pisces