Star profile
HIP 79050
Cool red starWhat is HIP 79050
In the venomous tail of Scorpius shines a red type M star, cool and veteran, far larger than the Sun yet of muted fire. Its light took roughly 479 years to cross the void: it set out when Magellan was preparing his circumnavigation and Luther was nailing his theses in Wittenberg. Each southern night it appears as a serene ember among the younger blue stars of the sting —a warm relic of a century that reinvented the world.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 79050 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 12° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 23° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 82° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 64° N.
It ranks no. 49 in brightness among the 104 stars of Scorpius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Antares, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 480 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 79050
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.35
- Distance
- 479.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 242.032° · Dec -26.327°
- Catalogue
- HIP 79050 · HD 144690
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Other stars in Scorpius
Scorpius has 104 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AntaresAlpha Scorpii1.06
- ShaulaLambda Scorpii1.62
- SargasTheta Scorpii1.86
- HIP 824935.23
- Chi Scorpii5.24
- HIP 809455.31
- HIP 803375.37
- HIP 778585.38