Star profile
HIP 80208
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 80208
In the small constellation of Norma, traced by Lacaille in the 18th century, burns a blue-white B-class star whose light departed around 1561, when Tycho Brahe was still a child in Denmark. Far hotter than the Sun, it radiates an icy, almost violet glow. It dwells in the deep heart of the southern Milky Way, hidden from those who only look north, reminding us that the whole sky is a single book read from two hemispheres.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80208 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 74° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 40° N.
It ranks no. 10 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 80208
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.32
- Distance
- 462.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 245.617° · Dec -49.572°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80208 · HD 147152
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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
- Kappa Norma4.95
- Gamma 1 Norma4.97
- Theta Norma5.13
- HIP 807825.35
- HIP 766185.43