Star profile
HYG 119626
Variable starWhat is HYG 119626
It is one of those truly distant presences: a white variable A-type star, lying toward Boötes, the herdsman who drives the Bears around the celestial pole. Its light set out hundreds of thousands of years ago, when the first «Homo sapiens» had not yet left Africa and our species was barely beginning to imagine language. An ancient echo, a faint heartbeat crossing distances almost beyond comprehension to reach the human eye.
Where it is and when to see it
HYG 119626 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 68° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 37° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 71° S.
It ranks no. 86 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HYG 119626
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.98
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 214.017° · Dec 18.912°
- Catalogue
- HYG 119626 · HD 124953
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Other stars in Boötes
Boötes has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ArcturusAlpha Boötis-0.05
- IzarEpsilon Boötis2.35
- MuphridEta Boötis2.68
- HIP 703845.94
- HYG 1190035.96
- 3 Boötis5.97
- HIP 684985.98
- HIP 745615.98