Star profile
HIP 97816
What is HIP 97816
The southern Telescope, a constellation traced in the eighteenth century to honour the new instrument of science, preserves a yellow star whose light crossed five hundred and sixty-two years before arriving. It set out while Ottoman armies besieged Constantinople and Europe was entering the Renaissance. It shares the warm hue of the Sun, but its size and luminosity make it an elder sister, an evolved giant whose brilliance has grown with age. Small to the eye, it carries all the serene dignity of mature stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 97816 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 69° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 35° N.
It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 27 stars of Telescopium in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Telescopium, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 560 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 97816
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.76
- Distance
- 562.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 298.157° · Dec -54.971°
- Catalogue
- HIP 97816 · HD 187420
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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 906625.69
- HIP 956905.70
- HIP 961415.76
- HIP 923675.80
- HIP 914615.84