Star profile
HIP 89290
Variable starWhat is HIP 89290
A blue variable in Corona Australis, the discreet southern crown. Its B class keeps it hot, young and nervous: its brightness shifts like a hesitant heart. The light entering the pupil tonight set out 1165 years ago, when Charlemagne had just died and the Carolingian empire was beginning to splinter. A restless jewel set into a southern crown.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 89290 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 89290
- Constellation
- Corona Australis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.47
- Distance
- 1165.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 273.303° · Dec -41.336°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89290 · HD 166596
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Other stars in Corona Australis
Corona Australis has 29 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Coronae Australis4.10
- MeridianaAlpha Coronae Australis4.11
- Gamma Coronae Australis4.23
- HIP 914945.42
- HIP 895075.45
- Eta 1 Coronae Australis5.46
- Eta 2 Coronae Australis5.60
- HIP 905415.63