Star profile
HIP 109730
What is HIP 109730
On the back of the winged horse of Pegasus pulses an orange K-type star. Its light departed two hundred and forty-four years ago, when William Herschel was discovering Uranus and suddenly enlarging the bounds of the solar system. Cooler than the Sun, its coppery glow arrives with the calm of an ember hung at full gallop. Each flash recalls the wonder of that night when humanity discovered that the sky still held new worlds.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 109730 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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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 109730
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.87
- Distance
- 244.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 333.411° · Dec 28.608°
- Catalogue
- HIP 109730 · HD 211006
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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
- 40 Pegasi5.84
- HIP 1146415.85
- HIP 1129975.86
- HIP 1120675.92
- HIP 1095775.93