Star profile

HIP 75127

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

What is HIP 75127

Libra is the only zodiacal constellation that depicts not a creature but an object — a pair of scales weighing the days and nights of the sky. Between its arms glows this orange star, cooler than our Sun and generously sized. Its light took about 302 years to arrive: it set out when Bach was still composing and Baroque music was filling European courts with fugues and toccatas. Today that orange radiance feels in tune with those measured cadences — with the very idea of balance sustained through time.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 75127 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 33° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 43° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 62° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 84° N.

It ranks no. 35 in brightness among the 49 stars of Libra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Zubeneschamali, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 300 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 75127

Constellation: Libra
Apparent magnitude: 5.54
Distance: 302.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 230.282° · Dec -5.825°
Catalogue: HIP 75127 · HD 136479

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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