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HIP 80874

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 80874

In the small Triangulum Australe, hidden from northern skies, glows an orange K-type giant 786 light-years away. Its warm light set out during the Hundred Years' War, when Joan of Arc entered Orléans. Cooler than the Sun yet far vaster, its golden gleam marks one vertex of the triangle that southern navigators adopted as a beacon.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 80874 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 never sets and culminates about 62° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 28° N.

It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 21 stars of Triangulum Australe in our catalogue. To find it, start from Atria, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 790 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 80874

Constellation
Triangulum Australe
Apparent magnitude
5.19
Distance
786.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 247.706° · Dec -61.634°
Catalogue
HIP 80874 · HD 148291

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Other stars in Triangulum Australe

Triangulum Australe has 21 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 21 stars in Triangulum Australe