Star profile
HIP 100256
What is HIP 100256
At 262 light years in the Dolphin, this white A-type star glows at magnitude 5.96. Its light set out around 1764, when James Watt was patenting his improved steam engine in Glasgow. The small constellation of the Dolphin, which the Greek imagination dedicated to the rescuer of Arion, hosts modest points like this one, where the cold white of A-type stars mingles with the dust of the summer Milky Way.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 100256 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 52° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 63° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 43° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 76° S.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 18 stars of Delphinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rotanev, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 260 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 100256
- Constellation
- Delphinus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.96
- Distance
- 262.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 305.001° · Dec 13.548°
- Catalogue
- HIP 100256 · HD 193472
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Other stars in Delphinus
Delphinus has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RotanevBeta Delphinus3.64
- SualocinAlpha Delphinus3.77
- AldulfinEpsilon Delphinus4.03
- 16 Delphinus5.54
- 13 Delphinus5.57
- Theta Delphinus5.69
- HIP 1036755.69
- HIP 1019095.99