hip-10280

Variable star

Its story

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.

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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