Star profile
HIP 80212
What is HIP 80212
In Norma, the small constellation of the carpenter's square, it shines with the warm yellow tone of class G stars, the family to which our Sun belongs. Its light arrived after a journey of nearly 943 years: when it set out, the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was being fought on the Iberian peninsula, an encounter that would shift the balance between Christians and Almohads. It is like gazing at another Sun set at an immense distance, dimmed by the gulf, but essentially similar to the one that lights our days.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80212 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 culminates about 5° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 46° N.
It ranks no. 24 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 940 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 80212
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 942.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 245.621° · Dec -43.912°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80212 · HD 147225
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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 779905.78
- Zeta Norma5.78
- HIP 775415.86
- HIP 767165.95
- HIP 776786.00