Star profile
HIP 83235
What is HIP 83235
Within the arched body of Scorpius shines an orange type K star, cool and ruddy, older than the Sun. Its light took roughly 321 years to cross the void: it set out when Newton published his Principia and Louis XIV reigned at Versailles beneath the sun of French absolutism. It appears today as a tempered ember among the joints of the sting, faithful to the slow march of the zodiacal predator across the southern skies.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 83235 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 83235
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 321.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 255.154° · Dec -35.934°
- Catalogue
- HIP 83235 · HD 153368
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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
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- HIP 826505.95
- HIP 842265.95
- HIP 844255.95