Star profile
HIP 98332
What is HIP 98332
Pavo is the southern peacock, a constellation invented by the Dutch navigators Keyser and de Houtman at the end of the 16th century. There lives this A-type white star, two hundred and twenty-nine light-years away. Its light set out around 1796, when Edward Jenner was successfully testing the first smallpox vaccine. Sharp atmosphere, just enough brightness, no surprises: a star fulfilling its decorative role in the peacock's tail.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 98332 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 21° N.
It ranks no. 35 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 230 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 98332
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- 228.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 299.672° · Dec -69.164°
- Catalogue
- HIP 98332 · HD 188097
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Other stars in Pavo
Pavo has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- PeacockAlpha Pavonis1.94
- Beta Pavonis3.42
- Delta Pavonis3.55
- HIP 1044405.67
- Theta Pavonis5.71
- HIP 906645.74
- HIP 1043645.75
- Mu 1 Pavonis5.75