Star profile
HIP 109102
What is HIP 109102
In the small constellation of Lacerta shines this orange K-type giant, whose light has traveled more than six hundred years to reach us. It set out around the fourteenth century, when the Black Death was sweeping across Europe and rewriting the history of the continent. Far cooler and larger than the Sun, it belongs to that lineage of aged stars that have left hydrogen fusion behind and swollen into amber-toned giants —quiet sentinels in the discreet corners of the northern sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 109102 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 109102
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.09
- Distance
- 608.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 331.508° · Dec 45.014°
- Catalogue
- HIP 109102 · HD 209945
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Other stars in Lacerta
Lacerta has 36 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Lacerta3.76
- 1 Lacerta4.14
- 5 Lacerta4.34
- 10 Lacerta4.89
- 15 Lacerta4.95
- HIP 1132884.99
- HIP 1117955.11
- 13 Lacerta5.11