Star profile
HIP 101909
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 101909
Hot blue in the small Delphinus, some 1,348 light-years away. Its light set off toward us when the Byzantine Empire was securing Constantinople and Greek manuscripts were being copied in its scriptoria. A blue flash leaping between the stellar waves of the dolphin, crossing thirteen centuries only to end as a minute spark above our heads.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 101909 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 54° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 65° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 40° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 74° S.
It ranks no. 18 in brightness among the 18 stars of Delphinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rotanev, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,300 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 101909
- Constellation
- Delphinus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.99
- Distance
- 1347.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 309.771° · Dec 15.838°
- Catalogue
- HIP 101909 · HD 196775
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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 1002565.96