Star profile
HIP 79754
Variable starWhat is HIP 79754
In the modest constellation of Norma, low in the southern sky, beats a variable red giant some 775 light-years away. Its light set out when medieval Europe was waging its last crusades and Italian painters were discovering perspective. Cool and reddish, its brightness rises and falls in long pulsations —as if breathing with infinite patience in a quiet corner of the firmament.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 79754 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 culminates about 70° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 36° N.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 770 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 79754
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.45
- Distance
- 774.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 244.180° · Dec -53.811°
- Catalogue
- HIP 79754 · HD 146003
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Other stars in Norma
Norma has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Gamma 2 Norma4.01
- Epsilon Norma4.46
- Iota 1 Norma4.63
- HIP 807825.35
- HIP 766185.43
- Lambda Norma5.44
- Iota 2 Norma5.57
- HIP 796895.61