---
title: "HIP 55789"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/hip-55789"
release: "DR1"
licence: "CC-BY-SA-4.0"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. HIP 55789 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/hip-55789"
---

# HIP 55789

HIP 55789 is a K0III orange giant in the constellation [Centaurus](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/centaurus), shining at apparent magnitude 10.01 (V).

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Orange giant
- **HOW BRIGHT (V):** 10.01 — A small telescope reaches it.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Centaurus](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/centaurus) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | K0III orange giant |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE (V) | 10.01 |
| CONSTELLATION | Centaurus |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 11h 25m 49.9s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | −43° 12′ 15.7″ |

## Catalogue data

### WHAT KIND OF THING IT IS

What the object is in itself, rather than how it happens to look from here.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Spectral type | K0III |
| Surface temperature | 4654 K |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.3 |
| Metallicity (\[Fe/H\]) | −0.2 |

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Colour index (B−V) | 1.226 |
| Variable magnitude, brightest | 9.95 |
| Variable magnitude, faintest | 10.06 |

### WHERE IT IS AND HOW IT MOVES

Position, motion across the sky and the size it covers on it. These are measurements of the object as seen from here, so every one of them depends on where here is.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Proper motion (RA) | −5.63 mas/yr |
| Proper motion (Dec) | −0.12 mas/yr |
| Radial velocity | 0 km/s |

### WHERE THESE FIGURES CAME FROM

Which catalogue, paper or model each of the fields above was read from, where the source named one.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Spectral type from | SIMBAD (1987ApJS...64..241S, quality C) |
| Stellar parameters from | Spectroscopic determinations compiled from the literature (PASTEL, Soubiran+ 2016) |
| Metallicity from | Median of 2 spectroscopic determinations in 2 papers, compiled from the literature (PASTEL, Soubiran+ 2016); the error bar is the scatter between them |

## Also known as

- HIP: HIP 55789

## Source

[HYG Database v4.1](https://github.com/astronexus/HYG-Database) — CC-BY-SA-4.0

The producer asks: HYG Database v4.1, Astronexus (github.com/astronexus/HYG-Database). Fields derived from it stay under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-hyg

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. HIP 55789 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/hip-55789

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_hip-55789,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{HIP 55789}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/hip-55789},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from HYG Database v4.1.}
}
```

HYG Database v4.1 — CC-BY-SA-4.0

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: HYG Database v4.1, Astronexus (github.com/astronexus/HYG-Database). Fields derived from it stay under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/hip-55789