Star profile

HIP 103094

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

What is HIP 103094

In Cygnus, above the river of the northern Milky Way, an orange class K star travels in from some 1006 light-years away. Its light set out around the year 1019, when China's Song dynasty was making early military use of gunpowder and the kingdoms of León and Castile were reorganising after the caliphates. The glow we see now crossed the entire Middle Ages before settling on the lens.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 103094 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 84° up.
From New York it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 11° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 45° S.

It ranks no. 75 in brightness among the 137 stars of Cygnus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb, the brightest: it lies about 2° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 1,000 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 103094

Constellation: Cygnus
Apparent magnitude: 5.48
Distance: 1006.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 313.327° · Dec 45.182°
Catalogue: HIP 103094 · HD 199098

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