Star profile
HIP 84033
What is HIP 84033
In Scorpius, between the claws and the sting, shines a yellow star kindred to the Sun yet older and more swollen. Its light began the journey around 1710, when the great Newtonian telescopes were opening a new era in the observation of the sky. We see it now exactly as it was then, suspended between the memory of the eighteenth century and the present night.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 84033 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 79° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 45° N.
It ranks no. 43 in brightness among the 104 stars of Scorpius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Antares, the brightest: it lies about 20° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 320 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 84033
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.06
- Distance
- 315.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 257.676° · Dec -44.558°
- Catalogue
- HIP 84033 · HD 154948
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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 786504.96
- Xi Scorpii5.00
- HIP 833365.03
- HIP 793025.09
- HIP 851625.10