Star profile
HIP 113288
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 113288
Lost in the modest outline of Lacerta, the northern lizard drawn by Hevelius in the 17th century. Its light has been travelling 1,599 years —it left when the Western Roman Empire was entering its final decades and Goths were besieging a city called Rome. A luminous orange giant, cool in colour and powerful in output.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 113288 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 88° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 81° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 6° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 40° S.
It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 36 stars of Lacerta in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lacerta, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,600 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 113288
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.99
- Distance
- 1599.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 344.108° · Dec 49.734°
- Catalogue
- HIP 113288 · HD 216946
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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
- 9 Lacerta4.64
- 10 Lacerta4.89
- 15 Lacerta4.95
- HIP 1091025.09
- HIP 1117955.11