Star profile

HIP 73036

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

What is HIP 73036

The southern Compasses hold a calm orange star whose light set out a hundred and sixty-one years ago, when the great railways were first crossing entire continents. It is an ageing giant, its surface cooler than the Sun’s yet its size and brilliance magnifying it many times over. Its warm hue calls to mind tempered embers, the colour of long afternoons just before they decline. Visible from southern skies, it rests in a small and often overlooked constellation.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 73036 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 64° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 30° N.

It ranks no. 8 in brightness among the 21 stars of Circinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Circinus, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 73036

Constellation: Circinus
Apparent magnitude: 5.18
Distance: 161.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 223.894° · Dec -60.114°
Catalogue: HIP 73036 · HD 131342

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Other stars in Circinus

Circinus has 21 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 21 stars in Circinus