Star profile
HIP 89605
Variable starWhat is HIP 89605
In Telescopium, a constellation named by Lacaille in the eighteenth century, beats a bluish B-type star whose brightness is not entirely steady: its light flickers in a barely perceptible rhythm. It set out around the year 1265, when the translators of Toledo were still bringing Arabic knowledge into Latin. Far hotter and more massive than the Sun, it vibrates like a distant pulse sustained for nearly eight centuries.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 89605 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 culminates about 68° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 34° N.
It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 27 stars of Telescopium in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Telescopium, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 760 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 89605
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.36
- Distance
- 760.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 274.281° · Dec -56.023°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89605 · HD 167128
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Other stars in Telescopium
Telescopium has 27 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Telescopium3.49
- Zeta Telescopium4.10
- Epsilon Telescopium4.52
- Rho Telescopium5.17
- Kappa Telescopium5.18
- Nu Telescopium5.33
- HIP 947125.38
- HIP 904145.44