Star profile
HIP 105652
What is HIP 105652
In Vulpecula, the little Fox that Hevelius drew beside the Swan, shines a yellow-white F-class star whose light set out about 169 years ago, around the close of the European Renaissance. Slightly hotter than the Sun and noticeably more luminous, it radiates a pale, firm glow. It is one of those stars modest in brightness yet intimate in distance, seeming to speak quietly to the patient observer who picks them out among the more discreet constellations.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 105652 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 105652
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.70
- Distance
- 169.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 320.995° · Dec 24.274°
- Catalogue
- HIP 105652 · HD 203803
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Other stars in Vulpecula
Vulpecula has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnserAlpha Vulpecula4.44
- 23 Vulpecula4.50
- 31 Vulpecula4.56
- HIP 1057035.67
- HIP 1007545.68
- 14 Vulpecula5.68
- HIP 938455.78
- 8 Vulpecula5.82