Star profile

HIP 7016

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

What is HIP 7016

Within the quiet constellation of the Sculptor glows a K-type orange giant 450 light-years away. Its light set out around 1576, when the Dane Tycho Brahe was building Uraniborg, the observatory that reshaped modern astronomy. Cooler than the Sun yet considerably larger, it offers its amber tone to a tranquil region of the sky, far from the Zodiac and the great mythological figures.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 7016 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 23° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 82° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 64° N.

It ranks no. 29 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 450 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 7016

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.92
Distance: 449.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 22.595° · Dec -26.208°
Catalogue: HIP 7016 · HD 9228

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Other stars in Sculptor

Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 33 stars in Sculptor