Star profile

HIP 90037

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 90037

In Corona Australis —a discreet diadem beneath Sagittarius— shines a K-type star, orange and unhurried, somewhat cooler than the Sun. Its light departed in the late sixteenth century, while Galileo gave his first lectures in Padua and Cervantes wove the misadventures of a hidalgo from La Mancha. Four centuries later, that same gleam —untouched by history— completes its journey in whoever beholds it.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 90037 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 culminates about 11° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 85° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 51° N.

It ranks no. 10 in brightness among the 29 stars of Corona Australis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Coronae Australis, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 480 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 90037

Constellation: Corona Australis
Apparent magnitude: 5.09
Distance: 484.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 275.577° · Dec -38.657°
Catalogue: HIP 90037 · HD 168592

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Other stars in Corona Australis

Corona Australis has 29 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 29 stars in Corona Australis