Star profile

HIP 70657

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

What is HIP 70657

In the discreet Circinus of the southern hemisphere glows an orange K-type star about 904 light-years away. Its light departed around the year 1122, while Peter Abelard was writing his «Sic et Non» in Paris and scholasticism began its golden age. Cooler than the Sun, its amber light seems to kindle with the calm of an old lantern.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 70657 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it never rises above the horizon.
From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 58° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 24° N.

It ranks no. 18 in brightness among the 21 stars of Circinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Circinus, the brightest: it lies about 2° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 900 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 70657

Constellation: Circinus
Apparent magnitude: 5.87
Distance: 903.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 216.780° · Dec -65.822°
Catalogue: HIP 70657 · HD 126241

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Other stars in Circinus

Circinus has 21 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 21 stars in Circinus