Star profile
HIP 95690
What is HIP 95690
In the modest southern Telescope shines another orange K-class giant, whose coppery light travelled more than five hundred and thirty years before reaching our eyes. When it left, Europe was watching Constantinople fall and Gutenberg's press was beginning to transform the world of the manuscript. Its atmosphere, far wider than the Sun's but cooler, belongs to that long, serene phase in which ageing stars become patient beacons of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 95690 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 culminates about 70° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 36° N.
It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 27 stars of Telescopium in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Telescopium, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 540 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 95690
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.70
- Distance
- 537.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 291.950° · Dec -54.325°
- Catalogue
- HIP 95690 · HD 182509
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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 961785.59
- HIP 997475.65
- HIP 906625.69
- HIP 961415.76
- HIP 978165.76