Star profile
HIP 86871
What is HIP 86871
In the austral Pavo, a peacock from Greek mythology now drawn in the southern sky, shines this yellow G-type star, an elder sibling of the Sun. Its light set out around 411 years ago, near 1615, when Cervantes published the second part of «Don Quixote» and consecrated the first modern novel. As yellow as our star but older and brighter, it hints at how the Sun might shine billions of years from now. Its quiet glow goes unnoticed amid the treasures of a sky rarely watched.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 86871 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 86871
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 410.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 266.233° · Dec -57.546°
- Catalogue
- HIP 86871 · HD 160720
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Other stars in Pavo
Pavo has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- PeacockAlpha Pavonis1.94
- Beta Pavonis3.42
- Delta Pavonis3.55
- HIP 873935.78
- HIP 909305.88
- HIP 935745.89
- HIP 932875.98
- HIP 959995.98