Star profile
HIP 59654
What is HIP 59654
At 571 light-years in Centaurus shines an orange class K star. Its light set out in the late fifteenth century, when Spanish caravels were sighting unknown Atlantic islands and the Mainz printing press was transforming European knowledge. K stars are cooler than the Sun, with warm hues and longer lives than yellow stars. This one has also grown large enough to stand out in the southern sky despite the considerable distance.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 59654 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April: 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 59654
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.31
- Distance
- 571.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 183.511° · Dec -45.724°
- Catalogue
- HIP 59654 · HD 106321
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Other stars in Centaurus
Centaurus has 174 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Rigil KentaurusAlpha 1 Centauri-0.01
- HadarBeta Centauri0.61
- TolimanAlpha 2 Centauri1.35
- HIP 565735.26
- HIP 677035.26
- HIP 573715.28
- HIP 604495.32
- HIP 654795.32