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HIP 79689

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

What is HIP 79689

In the small Norma, the carpenter's square of the southern sky, shines a white A-type sun whose light set out 423 years ago. When it launched into the void, Cervantes was finishing the first part of Don Quixote and telescopes did not yet exist. Hotter and more luminous than our Sun, it offers a cool, elegant white —a geometer's light that seems to honour the instrumental name of the constellation sheltering it.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 79689 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 66° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 32° N.

It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 420 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 79689

Constellation: Norma
Apparent magnitude: 5.61
Distance: 423.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 243.958° · Dec -57.912°
Catalogue: HIP 79689 · HD 145782

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Other stars in Norma

Norma has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 26 stars in Norma