Star profile
HIP 112241
What is HIP 112241
At 692 light-years, in the small Lizard traced by Hevelius in the seventeenth century, shines an orange giant whose light set out at the beginning of the fourteenth century, amid the famines and plague that reshaped medieval Europe. Its atmosphere, cooler than the Sun's, lends it a soft amber tone. It inhabits a minor constellation, nearly forgotten by popular cartographers but present in professional charts.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 112241 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 112241
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.93
- Distance
- 692.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 341.022° · Dec 39.465°
- Catalogue
- HIP 112241 · HD 215359
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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
- HIP 1112595.88
- 14 Lacerta5.91
- HIP 1131745.91
- HIP 1120415.93
- HIP 1119255.94