Star profile
HIP 109754
What is HIP 109754
In the modest constellation of Lacerta, a K-type orange giant pours its glow toward our telescopes from roughly 482 light years away. That light set out when Renaissance Europe still debated Copernican ideas, drifting silently while modern printing and the first celestial catalogues were being shaped. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger across, it shines with the amber tone of a star that has long since outgrown its youth. Tonight it arrives like an ancient whisper among the scattered houses of the Lizard.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 109754 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 78° up.
- From New York it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 16° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 50° S.
It ranks no. 5 in brightness among the 36 stars of Lacerta in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lacerta, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 480 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 109754
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.50
- Distance
- 482.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 333.470° · Dec 39.715°
- Catalogue
- HIP 109754 · HD 211073
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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
- Beta Lacerta4.42
- 11 Lacerta4.50
- 6 Lacerta4.52
- 2 Lacerta4.55
- 4 Lacerta4.55