Star profile
HIP 103675
Cool red starWhat is HIP 103675
Red and cool, an M-type star in Delphinus —the little dolphin leaping between Pegasus and Aquila. Such stars outlive every other kind, and their light, dim to the eye now, will keep shining when the Sun no longer exists. The light reaching us now set out 523 years ago: as Columbus crossed the Atlantic for a second time, this light was already on its way.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 103675 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 103675
- Constellation
- Delphinus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.69
- Distance
- 523.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 315.115° · Dec 19.330°
- Catalogue
- HIP 103675 · HD 200044
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Other stars in Delphinus
Delphinus has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RotanevBeta Delphinus3.64
- SualocinAlpha Delphinus3.77
- AldulfinEpsilon Delphinus4.03
- 16 Delphinus5.54
- 13 Delphinus5.57
- Theta Delphinus5.69
- HIP 1002565.96
- HIP 1019095.99