Star profile
HIP 7276
What is HIP 7276
96 light-years separate this yellow star from us, in Cetus. Its light departed around 1929, the year of the Wall Street Crash that toppled the world economy. A G-type giant, a close cousin of the Sun in composition, observed by the Hipparcos satellite as a reference for measuring the nearby cosmos.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 7276 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 31° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 42° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 63° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 83° N.
It ranks no. 82 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 96 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 7276
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 96.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 23.428° · Dec -7.025°
- Catalogue
- HIP 7276 · HD 9562
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- 84 Ceti5.72
- 12 Ceti5.72
- 77 Ceti5.74
- HIP 79165.75
- HIP 11915.77