Star profile

HIP 103652

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 103652

Equuleus is the second smallest constellation in the sky, a tiny equestrian figure pressed near Pegasus. There glows this white A-type star — young and hot — whose light took about 247 years to arrive. It set out when Lavoisier was shaping modern chemistry and overturning the old phlogiston theory, just as France was entering the upheaval of its Revolution. This white light has crossed the Age of Enlightenment and two World Wars without learning of any of it, faithful only to its own speed.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 103652 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 103652

Constellation: Equuleus
Apparent magnitude: 5.98
Distance: 247.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 315.017° · Dec 7.516°
Catalogue: HIP 103652 · HD 199942

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Other stars in Equuleus

Equuleus has 12 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 12 stars in Equuleus