Star profile

HIP 79881

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

What is HIP 79881

A white A-type beacon rests in Scorpius, about 135 light-years away. Its light set out around 1891, the year Tesla patented the coil that bears his name —and arrives today as a clean white, free of warm tones. It is hotter and denser than the Sun, a sheet of cold light stretched between the Scorpion's claws.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 79881 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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Astronomical data for HIP 79881

Constellation: Scorpius
Apparent magnitude: 4.80
Distance: 134.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 244.575° · Dec -28.614°
Catalogue: HIP 79881 · HD 146624

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Other stars in Scorpius

Scorpius has 104 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 104 stars in Scorpius