Star profile
HIP 84248
What is HIP 84248
In Ara, the altar of the southern sky, an orange K-class sun shines 326.2 light-years away. Its coppery hue recalls an aged Sun, a future version of our own star. The light now spilling into observatories set out when Bach was dying in Leipzig with The Art of Fugue unfinished, and Baroque music closed an unrepeatable age along with him.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 84248 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 57° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 23° N.
It ranks no. 32 in brightness among the 43 stars of Ara in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Ara, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 84248
- Constellation
- Ara
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.87
- Distance
- 326.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 258.325° · Dec -67.197°
- Catalogue
- HIP 84248 · HD 154903
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Other stars in Ara
Ara has 43 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Ara2.84
- Alpha Ara2.84
- Zeta Ara3.12
- HIP 851695.76
- HIP 865525.78
- HIP 850495.86
- HIP 862485.89
- HIP 854095.90