Star profile

HIP 71002

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

What is HIP 71002

Once again Circinus, the compass of the celestial astronomer, holds an orange K-class ember, this time quite near in cosmic terms: 248 light-years. Its light set out when the French encyclopedists were publishing volumes on arts and crafts, and the court of Versailles was bustling under Louis XV. A warm, discreet point tracing an arc inside the instrument of the firmament s cartographer.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 71002 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 56° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 22° N.

It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 21 stars of Circinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Circinus, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 250 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 71002

Constellation: Circinus
Apparent magnitude: 5.84
Distance: 248.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 217.818° · Dec -67.717°
Catalogue: HIP 71002 · HD 126862

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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