Star profile
HIP 9372
Variable starWhat is HIP 9372
In the vast Whale beats a red M-type star, an aging giant whose brightness varies slowly, like a cosmic breath. Its light set out around 1550, in the heart of the early modern age, when Mercator was publishing his first maps and reinventing European cartography. Far colder than the Sun yet immeasurably larger, this crimson giant pulses in the southern silence, betraying the inner tremors of a star that has already burned through most of its fuel.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 9372 lies in the southern 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 30° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 41° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 65° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 81° N.
It ranks no. 51 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 21° 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 9372
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.43
- Distance
- 476.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 30.112° · Dec -8.524°
- Catalogue
- HIP 9372 · HD 12292
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- 60 Ceti5.42
- HIP 110295.43
- 57 Ceti5.43
- HIP 41045.47
- HIP 36075.49