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HIP 78045

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 78045

In Triangulum Australe, the small triangle of the southern sky, shines a white A-type star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun. Its light took some 215 years to reach us: it set out around 1810, in the midst of the independence processes of the American nations and while Goya was painting the horrors of the Peninsular War. A sharp, firm spark traces today one of the vertices of that humble southern figure.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 78045 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 63° up.

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

It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 21 stars of Triangulum Australe in our catalogue. To find it, start from Atria, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 220 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 78045

Constellation
Triangulum Australe
Apparent magnitude
5.76
Distance
215.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 239.025° · Dec -60.482°
Catalogue
HIP 78045 · HD 142139

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Other stars in Triangulum Australe

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

See all 21 stars in Triangulum Australe