Star profile
6 Triangulum
Variable starWhat is 6 Triangulum
6 Trianguli lies 291 light-years away, in one of the smallest constellations in the northern sky —Triangulum, three stars sketching an almost childlike geometry. It is an F-type variable dwarf, faintly shifting in brightness and shining a yellowish-white hotter than the Sun. Visible to the naked eye under dark skies, it shares its corner with the galaxy M33, neighbour to Andromeda.
Where it is and when to see it
6 Triangulum lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 26° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 60° S.
It ranks no. 5 in brightness among the 18 stars of Triangulum in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Triangulum, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 6 Triangulum
- Constellation
- Triangulum
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.94
- Distance
- 290.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 33.093° · Dec 30.303°
- Catalogue
- HIP 10280 · HD 13480
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Other stars in Triangulum
Triangulum has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Triangulum3.00
- MothallahAlpha Triangulum3.42
- Gamma Triangulum4.03
- Delta Triangulum4.84
- 14 Triangulum5.15
- 7 Triangulum5.25
- 10 Triangulum5.29
- 12 Triangulum5.29