Star profile
HIP 89487
What is HIP 89487
In the peacock of the southern sky, within Pavo, an orange K-type star shines 295 light-years away. Its light departed when Newton was publishing his principles and rewriting our understanding of gravity. Cooler than the Sun, its amber hue blends calm with antiquity. For southern observers it is a quiet jewel among the constellation's stellar feathers, a warm wink in a corner of the sky often overlooked.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 89487 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 never sets and culminates about 61° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 27° N.
It ranks no. 30 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 89487
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.58
- Distance
- 294.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 273.919° · Dec -63.055°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89487 · HD 166599
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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 1060445.47
- Iota Pavonis5.47
- HIP 947895.52
- HIP 1029625.67
- HIP 1044405.67