Star profile
HIP 840
What is HIP 840
Within the constellation Pisces glows a K-type orange giant 190 light-years away. Its light began its journey around 1836, when Charles Darwin was returning to England aboard the Beagle, laden with the observations that would change biology. Cooler and larger than the Sun, it spills an orange glow across a zodiacal constellation that is modest yet ancient.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 840 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September: 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 840
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.84
- Distance
- 190.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 2.579° · Dec -5.249°
- Catalogue
- HIP 840 · HD 587
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Other stars in Pisces
Pisces has 79 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AlphergEta Piscium3.62
- Gamma Piscium3.70
- AlreschaAlpha Piscium3.82
- HIP 1178875.78
- 66 Piscium5.80
- HIP 54945.81
- HIP 1136225.85
- 54 Piscium5.88