Star profile

HIP 74732

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

What is HIP 74732

Libra was invented as an independent zodiacal constellation only in Roman times, carved from the claws of Scorpio. There shines this orange giant, four hundred and seventy-two light-years away. Its light left the star around 1553, when Philip II was not yet king and the Protestant Reformation was shaking the heart of Europe. K-type, lukewarm brightness, no theatrics: a star with just enough weight to hold the scales.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 74732 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 culminates about 16° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 78° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 68° N.

It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 49 stars of Libra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Zubeneschamali, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 470 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 74732

Constellation: Libra
Apparent magnitude: 5.52
Distance: 472.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 229.096° · Dec -22.399°
Catalogue: HIP 74732 · HD 135534

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Other stars in Libra

Libra has 49 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 49 stars in Libra