Star profile
HIP 112731
What is HIP 112731
In Lacerta, the tiny celestial lizard barely visible between Cygnus and Andromeda, an orange giant glows 397 light-years away. Its light departed while Galileo was being tried in Rome for claiming the Earth orbits the Sun —a thermal echo of that dogmatic century just now ending its journey. A slow, patient, ancient ember.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 112731 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 86° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 75° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 34° S.
It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 36 stars of Lacerta in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lacerta, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 400 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 112731
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.43
- Distance
- 397.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 342.443° · Dec 55.903°
- Catalogue
- HIP 112731 · HD 216174
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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
- 12 Lacerta5.25
- HIP 1133275.34
- HIP 1095215.38
- HIP 1097455.53
- 16 Lacerta5.60