Star profile
HIP 655
What is HIP 655
In Sculptor, a modern constellation drawn in the eighteenth century, an orange K-type star spins its coppery light. Its light began travelling around 1716, when Edmond Halley was publishing his catalogue of southern clusters and pushing British astronomy toward the southern skies. Three centuries on, that copper wave arrives just in time for our instruments.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 655 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 5° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 16° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 90° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 56° N.
It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 655
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 309.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 2.015° · Dec -33.529°
- Catalogue
- HIP 655 · HD 344
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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
- HIP 1142545.60
- HIP 1153125.65
- HIP 12885.66
- Tau Sculptor5.69
- HIP 79415.70