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HIP 100357

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 100357

A calm K-class orange on the back of Draco, 702 light-years away. The light we see tonight broke free around 1324, the year Marco Polo died in Venice and Thomas Aquinas was already quoted in every European university. It shines with the quietude proper to orange giants that have left their youth behind.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 100357 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.

  • From London it never sets and culminates about 78° up.
  • From New York it never sets and culminates about 67° up.
  • From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 26° S.

It ranks no. 86 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 23° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 700 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 100357

Constellation
Draco
Apparent magnitude
5.69
Distance
701.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 305.298° · Dec 63.980°
Catalogue
HIP 100357 · HD 194298

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Other stars in Draco

Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 122 stars in Draco