Star profile
HIP 80337
Nearby starWhat is HIP 80337
Surprisingly close at just 41.7 light-years, this Sun-like yellow star hides in the sting of Scorpius. The light now crossing the atmosphere left it around the early 1980s, when Voyager was flying past Saturn and Pac-Man was invading the arcades. A discreet neighbour, almost an echo of our own Sun.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80337 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 10° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 85° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 51° N.
It ranks no. 50 in brightness among the 104 stars of Scorpius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Antares, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 42 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 80337
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.37
- Distance
- 41.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 246.005° · Dec -39.193°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80337 · HD 147513
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Other stars in Scorpius
Scorpius has 104 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AntaresAlpha Scorpii1.06
- ShaulaLambda Scorpii1.62
- SargasTheta Scorpii1.86
- Chi Scorpii5.24
- HIP 809455.31
- HIP 790505.35
- HIP 778585.38
- HIP 803995.40