Star profile

HIP 671

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 671

In Cetus, the celestial whale, shines a yellow star whose light has been traveling for more than three centuries. It set out when Halley was calculating the orbit of his comet and European explorers were boarding the Pacific with ever more refined instruments. It is G-type like the Sun but more luminous and mature, a distant relative of our star already slowly swelling its atmosphere. The constellation, laden with myths of sea monsters, harbors this modest golden glow barely visible on a dark night without a telescope.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 671 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 30° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 40° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 65° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 81° N.

It ranks no. 109 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 320 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 671

Constellation: Cetus
Apparent magnitude: 5.99
Distance: 321.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 2.073° · Dec -8.824°
Catalogue: HIP 671 · HD 360

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Other stars in Cetus

Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 111 stars in Cetus