Star profile
HIP 102635
What is HIP 102635
In Cygnus, the celestial swan that seems to fly along the Milky Way, it burns with the orange tone of class K stars. Its light arrived after a journey of nearly 587 years: when it set out, the Portuguese were beginning to explore the coasts of Africa in their caravels and Europe was looking towards the age of great discoveries. It is an aged star on the slow cosmic clock, with a temperature lower than the Sun's, glowing with sustained calm since long before the printing press.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 102635 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: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 102635
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.60
- Distance
- 586.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 311.955° · Dec 47.832°
- Catalogue
- HIP 102635 · HD 198345
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Other stars in Cygnus
Cygnus has 137 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
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