Star profile
HIP 80399
What is HIP 80399
In the heart of Scorpius, alongside Antares and its rivals, a yellow star shines as quietly as the Sun seen from afar. Its light began its journey 108 years ago, when Europe was entering the Great War and aeroplanes were still an unsettling novelty in the skies. Warm in colour and similar in temperature to the Sun, it is the kind of star that reminds us our own, seen from another world, would also be a humble point in a foreign constellation.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80399 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 9° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 20° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 60° N.
It ranks no. 52 in brightness among the 104 stars of Scorpius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Antares, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 110 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 80399
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.40
- Distance
- 107.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 246.166° · Dec -29.705°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80399 · HD 147722
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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
- HIP 790505.35
- HIP 803375.37
- HIP 778585.38
- HIP 778595.41
- HIP 803905.42