Star profile
HIP 111795
Cool red starWhat is HIP 111795
Cool red within the small sketch of Lacerta —the lizard of the northern sky— this M giant glows with the calm of stars that have already lived through much. At 451 light-years, its light set out when Cervantes was beginning the Quixote in a Spain that did not yet know what a modern novel was. It arrives now, in no hurry.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 111795 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 85° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 74° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 33° S.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 36 stars of Lacerta in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lacerta, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 450 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 111795
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.11
- Distance
- 451.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 339.658° · Dec 56.796°
- Catalogue
- HIP 111795 · HD 214665
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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
- 15 Lacerta4.95
- HIP 1132884.99
- HIP 1091025.09
- 13 Lacerta5.11
- 12 Lacerta5.25