Star profile
HIP 112417
What is HIP 112417
In Lacerta, the lizard drawn by Hevelius in the 17th century, shines this yellow-white star 186 light-years away. Her light set off around 1840, when Daguerre was revolutionizing the image and the first trains were crossing Europe. A quiet F, neither too hot nor too cool, perched at the edge where the universe turns more predictable.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 112417 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 112417
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.84
- Distance
- 185.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 341.542° · Dec 44.546°
- Catalogue
- HIP 112417 · HD 215664
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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 1130485.79
- HIP 1125905.82
- HIP 1130845.82
- HIP 1112595.88
- 14 Lacerta5.91