Star profile
HIP 105224
What is HIP 105224
The Little Horse, one of the smallest constellations in the sky, hosts an orange star whose light set out nearly nine hundred and forty-three years ago, when the Normans were settling in England and Europe was preparing for the First Crusade. It is an ageing giant with a surface cooler than the Sun’s, yet a size and luminosity that keep it visible despite the distance. Its warm tone calls to mind a brazier glimpsed from afar, a small amber dot among larger and better-remembered constellations.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 105224 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 105224
- Constellation
- Equuleus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 942.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 319.717° · Dec 11.203°
- Catalogue
- HIP 105224 · HD 202951
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Other stars in Equuleus
Equuleus has 12 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- KitalphaAlpha Equuleus3.92
- Delta Equuleus4.47
- Gamma Equuleus4.70
- HYG 1193975.40
- 3 Equuleus5.63
- 9 Equuleus5.81
- 4 Equuleus5.94
- HIP 1036525.98