Star profile
HIP 79302
What is HIP 79302
In the red heart of Scorpius shines an orange giant whose light departed around 1707, the very year the Act of Union founded Great Britain. Cooler than the Sun yet far more luminous, it wears the warm hue of stars already moving toward their mature age. Its soft, ancient glow holds a fragment of the sky where mythology placed the scorpion's sting.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 79302 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 9° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 20° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 61° N.
It ranks no. 44 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 320 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 79302
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.09
- Distance
- 317.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 242.759° · Dec -29.416°
- Catalogue
- HIP 79302 · HD 145250
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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
- Xi Scorpii5.00
- HIP 833365.03
- HIP 840335.06
- HIP 851625.10
- HIP 824935.23