About HIP 88042
HIP 88042 is an uncommon star. It lies about 921.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr and shines at apparent magnitude 9.57.
Its colour puts the surface at roughly 3480 K, against the Sun's 5778 K.
Uncommon star 22 EP
HIP 88042
RA 269.7419° · Dec -30.3453° · star
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesUncommon 34 pts → Rare
- Toward the galactic centre +8
- Deep red star +8
- Star +3
- On the zodiac +3
Total score 22
12 more points to reach Rare.
Badges
- Star · +3
- Toward the galactic centre · +8
- On the zodiac · +3
- Deep red star · +8
Trivia
Sense of scale
- In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.
Find it in the sky
- How to spot it. At magnitude 9.6 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Sagittarius.
- Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
- Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around June — that's when to go looking.
Could we get there?
- Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.
Getting there
- Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 16.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.4 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 9213 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
Properties
- absmag
- 2.315
- bv
- 1.73
- constellation
- Sgr
- dist ly
- 921.3447
- luminosity
- 10.3276
- mag
- 9.57
- name
- HIP 88042
Nearby objects
- Epic HR 6693 star · <0.1° away
- Uncommon MOA-2008-BLG-379L b exoplanet · 0.2° away
- Common GL GJ 9608 star · 0.2° away
- Common HD 316899 star · 0.2° away
- Uncommon HIP 87956 star · 0.2° away
- Uncommon KMT-2021-BLG-1689L b exoplanet · 0.2° away
- Uncommon KMT-2021-BLG-0320L b exoplanet · 0.3° away
- Common HD 316895 star · 0.4° away
How to see it
Look for HIP 88042 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 9.57, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 88042 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why HIP 88042 is an uncommon star
HIP 88042 scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac and Deep red star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.