Star profile

HIP 94150

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 94150

In Pavo —a southern constellation first mapped by European navigators in the sixteenth century— this yellow G-type star shines. Its light set out around 1904, when the Wright brothers were testing their first powered flights in North Carolina. At 122 light-years away, it sits in a nearby cosmic neighbourhood: we are looking at a different Sun, but one from the same family as the star that warms us each morning.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 94150 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, 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 never sets and culminates about 55° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 22° N.

It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 120 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 94150

Constellation: Pavo
Apparent magnitude: 5.31
Distance: 121.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 287.470° · Dec -68.424°
Catalogue: HIP 94150 · HD 177389

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Other stars in Pavo

Pavo has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 44 stars in Pavo