Star profile
HIP 72833
What is HIP 72833
Sun-like yet distant, this G-type star hides in Apus, the bird of paradise of the southern sky. The light we see tonight left its surface 329 years ago: it set out as Newton was finishing the printing of the Principia Mathematica and gravity, for the first time, had an equation.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 72833 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 51° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 17° N.
It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 21 stars of Apus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Apus, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 72833
- Constellation
- Apus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.59
- Distance
- 329.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 223.306° · Dec -73.190°
- Catalogue
- HIP 72833 · HD 130458
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Other stars in Apus
Apus has 21 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Apus3.83
- Gamma Apus3.86
- Beta Apus4.23
- Iota Apus5.39
- Kappa 1 Apus5.40
- HIP 811415.50
- Kappa 2 Apus5.64
- Theta Apus5.69