Star profile
HIP 7643
What is HIP 7643
In Sculptor, a modern and discreet constellation of the southern hemisphere, an orange K-type star shines about 332 light years away. Its light departed around 1694, when Christiaan Huygens was publishing his final reflections on light and celestial mechanics. Cooler than the Sun and with an amber tone, it embodies that stage of stellar life in which the outer layers begin to swell. The constellation, sketched by Lacaille in the eighteenth century as a tribute to the sculptor's workshop, lends it a deep, dark sky in which its glow stands out calmly.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 7643 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 7643
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.94
- Distance
- 332.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 24.615° · Dec -36.528°
- Catalogue
- HIP 7643 · HD 10142
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Other stars in Sculptor
Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Sculptor4.30
- Beta Sculptor4.38
- Gamma Sculptor4.41
- Lambda 2 Sculptor5.90
- HIP 70165.92
- HIP 10965.94
- HIP 56615.95
- HIP 21595.99