Star profile
HIP 109602
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 109602
In Pegasus, the winged horse of the autumn sky, vibrates a luminous orange K-type star at an extraordinary distance, on the order of 326,000 light-years. Its light wandered through space before humanity had even left Africa —one of those beacons whose location challenges the very idea of belonging to our galaxy. Cool at the surface yet immense in luminosity, it looks like an ember from another cosmic shore.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 109602 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 109602
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 333.034° · Dec 24.951°
- Catalogue
- HIP 109602 · HD 210762
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Other stars in Pegasus
Pegasus has 98 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EnifEpsilon Pegasi2.38
- ScheatBeta Pegasi2.44
- MarkabAlpha Pegasi2.49
- HIP 1095775.93
- 79 Pegasi5.95
- HIP 1073505.96
- HIP 1141895.97
- 69 Pegasi5.99