Star profile

HIP 7213

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

What is HIP 7213

Sculptor is a recent constellation, traced by Lacaille in the 18th century, and within it pulses this orange K-class at two hundred and seventy-five light-years. Its light set out around 1750, when Lacaille himself was completing from the Cape of Good Hope his celebrated catalogue of the southern sky. There is a quiet justice in one of the stars he charted reaching us only now.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 7213 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 2° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 87° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 53° N.

It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 280 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 7213

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.49
Distance: 275.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 23.234° · Dec -36.865°
Catalogue: HIP 7213 · HD 9525

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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