Star profile
HIP 6502
Cool red starWhat is HIP 6502
In Sculptor, that quiet constellation of the southern sky, beats a very cool red star of type M. Its light crossed 976 years: it set off around 1049, as Bruno of Egisheim was elected pope under the name Leo IX and launched the Gregorian reform. A reddish ember, like a candle behind soiled glass, in a region where one sees more distant galaxies than nearby stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 6502 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 culminates about 8° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 18° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 59° N.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 980 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 6502
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.84
- Distance
- 976.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 20.879° · Dec -30.946°
- Catalogue
- HIP 6502 · HD 8498
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Other stars in Sculptor
Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Sculptor4.30
- Beta Sculptor4.38
- Gamma Sculptor4.41
- Tau Sculptor5.69
- HIP 79415.70
- HIP 71185.79
- HIP 1143665.88
- Lambda 2 Sculptor5.90