Star profile
HIP 71182
What is HIP 71182
In the austral region of Lupus, a constellation forgotten by popular mythology, glows this orange K-type star. Its light set out around 327 years ago, near 1699, when Royal Society astronomers were debating the nature of Halleys Comet and its cyclical returns. Cooler than the Sun yet bulkier, it offers a serene orange. Lupus belongs to the southern belt observed since antiquity by Greeks and Arabs, and this star is one of its many modest sentinels.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 71182 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 71182
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.86
- Distance
- 327.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 218.375° · Dec -52.680°
- Catalogue
- HIP 71182 · HD 127501
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Other stars in Lupus
Lupus has 74 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Lupi2.30
- Beta Lupi2.68
- Gamma Lupi2.80
- HIP 762075.82
- HIP 706635.83
- HIP 741005.85
- HIP 711845.86
- HIP 787475.91