Star profile

HIP 101986

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

What is HIP 101986

It dwells in Cygnus, the swan stretching its wings along the summer Milky Way, ploughing the river of light that crosses the northern sky. Its orange tone places it among the K-class stars, already in maturity. Its light set out some 449 years ago, when Tycho Brahe was observing in Denmark the new star of 1572 and beginning to question the eternal immobility of the heavens. Broader than the Sun and slower in combustion, it lends its warm hue to the bluish-white display of the swan.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 101986 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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Astronomical data for HIP 101986

Constellation: Cygnus
Apparent magnitude: 5.97
Distance: 448.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 310.013° · Dec 43.459°
Catalogue: HIP 101986 · HD 197139

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