Star profile
HIP 73415
What is HIP 73415
A discreet yellow in the bird-of-paradise of Apus, lost in the far southern sky, some 762 light-years away. The light arriving tonight left when Dante was finishing the «Divine Comedy» in Ravenna and Europe still contemplated hell with literal eyes. A luminous, modest point that only shows itself from austral latitudes.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 73415 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June, 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 47° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 13° N.
It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 21 stars of Apus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Apus, the brightest: it lies about 2° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 760 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 73415
- Constellation
- Apus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.92
- Distance
- 762.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 225.047° · Dec -77.161°
- Catalogue
- HIP 73415 · HD 131425
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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
- HIP 788685.70
- HIP 857605.83
- HIP 891155.86
- HIP 892345.86
- HIP 768775.95