Star profile
HIP 85470
What is HIP 85470
On the southern Altar —Ara, the constellation of sacred fire— glows an orange giant 358 light-years away. The light we see tonight departed around 1668, when Newton built his first reflecting telescope and split white light into colors with a prism. A curious coincidence: an orange star arriving today from the very century in which we learned to read the color of stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 85470 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 culminates about 72° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 38° N.
It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 43 stars of Ara in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Ara, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 85470
- Constellation
- Ara
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.72
- Distance
- 357.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 261.990° · Dec -52.297°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85470 · HD 157753
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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 831875.64
- HIP 873145.68
- HIP 851475.69
- HIP 835355.73
- HIP 821105.74