Star profile
HIP 86248
What is HIP 86248
Above the southern altar of Ara, this orange K-type star watches about 330 light-years from us. Its light began its journey around 1696, while Newton was publishing his works on calculus and Peter the Great was travelling through Europe to modernise Russia. Cooler than the Sun yet larger in size, its coppery tone evokes the slow sunset of a silent god. We see it as a gentle beacon from European Baroque.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 86248 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 86248
- Constellation
- Ara
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 332.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 264.364° · Dec -50.060°
- Catalogue
- HIP 86248 · HD 159463
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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 865525.78
- HIP 850495.86
- HIP 842485.87
- HIP 854095.90
- HIP 826725.91