Star profile
HIP 93862
What is HIP 93862
In the austral Telescopium, a constellation that pays tribute to the very instrument of astronomy, glows this white A-type star. Its light set out around 385 years ago, near 1641, when Galileo, already blind, was dictating his last works from his confinement in Arcetri. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, it offers an intense, youthful white. Its constellation, drawn by Lacaille in the 18th century, is modest in bright stars; this one is among the few reaching the naked eye from its southern corner.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 93862 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 93862
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 384.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 286.732° · Dec -48.299°
- Catalogue
- HIP 93862 · HD 177406
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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
- HIP 978165.76
- HIP 923675.80
- HIP 914615.84
- HIP 975985.91
- HIP 936245.93