Star profile
HIP 100261
Variable starWhat is HIP 100261
Red and trembling in the long body of the Dragon, 669 light years away. The light now entering the northern window set off when Brunelleschi was finishing the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, around 1436. Its variable M class sketches a cool giant pulsing slowly, shedding matter in each cycle, already near the end of its life.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 100261 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 73° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 62° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 21° S.
It ranks no. 78 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 24° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 670 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 100261
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.59
- Distance
- 669.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 305.025° · Dec 68.880°
- Catalogue
- HIP 100261 · HD 194258
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Other stars in Draco
Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EltaninGamma Draco2.24
- AthebyneEta Draco2.73
- RastabanBeta Draco2.79
- 49 Draco5.51
- 16 Draco5.53
- HIP 841835.54
- HIP 929695.62
- AlrakisMu Draco5.63