Star profile

HIP 105497

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

What is HIP 105497

In Cygnus, the swan that spreads its wings along the Milky Way, glows an orange K-type star, cooler than the Sun, with that warm amber-like light. Its glow travels close to 329 years to reach us: the one we receive today departed around 1696, when Halley was publishing his catalog of the southern hemisphere after observing from Saint Helena, opening the southern sky to Europe.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 105497 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: 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 105497

Constellation: Cygnus
Apparent magnitude: 5.68
Distance: 329.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 320.502° · Dec 49.389°
Catalogue: HIP 105497 · HD 203644

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Other stars in Cygnus

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