Star profile
HIP 72773
Variable starWhat is HIP 72773
A variable yellow-white star in Circinus, southern and seldom visited. Its light set off 1648 years ago, around the year 378, when the Goths were defeating the emperor Valens at Adrianople and the Roman order was starting to crack. An F-type, hotter than the Sun, with brightness shifting slightly over time. A faint vibration coming from a southern corner that rarely surfaces on charts.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 72773 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 60° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 26° N.
It ranks no. 20 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 1,600 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 72773
- Constellation
- Circinus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- 1647.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 223.147° · Dec -63.810°
- Catalogue
- HIP 72773 · HD 130701
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Other stars in Circinus
Circinus has 21 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Circinus3.18
- Beta Circinus4.07
- Gamma Circinus4.48
- HIP 747505.74
- HIP 710025.84
- HIP 706575.87
- HIP 724385.91
- HIP 684555.96