Star profile

HIP 6592

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

What is HIP 6592

An orange K-class star shines in the southern Phoenix, the eternal bird of the sky. Its light took more than two hundred and thirty years to reach us, leaving when Mozart was composing the operas that still move Vienna today. Cooler and larger than the Sun, its warm ember tints this corner of the night with the patience of stars that have already crossed most of their story.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 6592 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 8° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 82° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 49° N.

It ranks no. 24 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 11° 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 6592

Constellation: Phoenix
Apparent magnitude: 5.42
Distance: 235.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 21.170° · Dec -41.493°
Catalogue: HIP 6592 · HD 8651

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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