Star profile
HIP 9132
Cool red starWhat is HIP 9132
Within northern Triangulum burns a rare red M-type giant 458 light years away. Its light set out when Spanish conquistadors were falling upon Tenochtitlan and an entire world was shifting on its axis. Far cooler than the Sun yet enormous, it pours out a reddish glow that the eye reads as embers —the color of stars that have already lived through nearly all their biography—.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 9132 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 62° S.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 18 stars of Triangulum in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Triangulum, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 9132
- Constellation
- Triangulum
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.84
- Distance
- 457.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 29.432° · Dec 27.804°
- Catalogue
- HIP 9132 · HD 11928
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Other stars in Triangulum
Triangulum has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Triangulum3.00
- MothallahAlpha Triangulum3.42
- Gamma Triangulum4.03
- HIP 79435.63
- HIP 84335.78
- HIP 118405.84
- 13 Triangulum5.89
- HIP 79065.97