Star profile

HIP 85543

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 85543

In Scorpius, 799 light years away, this orange K-type star shines at magnitude 5.98. Its light set out around 1227, the year of the death of Genghis Khan on the Central Asian steppes. Scorpius is one of the densest and most spectacular regions of the summer sky, and among its most famous stars slip bodies like this one, mature giants of warm glow, a silent counterpoint to the intense red of the scorpion's head.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 85543 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 85543

Constellation: Scorpius
Apparent magnitude: 5.98
Distance: 799.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 262.234° · Dec -36.778°
Catalogue: HIP 85543 · HD 158105

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Other stars in Scorpius

Scorpius has 104 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 104 stars in Scorpius