Star profile
HIP 94712
What is HIP 94712
In the modest southern Telescope shines an orange K-class giant whose tepid light has travelled more than five hundred and forty years. When it left that surface, the Castilian caravels were preparing to cross the Atlantic and Gutenberg's press was only beginning to spread through Europe. Its amber tone belongs to an ageing star, cooler than the Sun yet far broader, with a slow and stable atmosphere.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 94712 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 culminates about 4° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 78° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 45° N.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 27 stars of Telescopium in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Telescopium, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 550 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 94712
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.38
- Distance
- 545.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 289.091° · Dec -45.466°
- Catalogue
- HIP 94712 · HD 179886
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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
- Kappa Telescopium5.18
- Nu Telescopium5.33
- HIP 896055.36
- HIP 904145.44
- HIP 926305.51