Star profile
HIP 114189
Variable starWhat is HIP 114189
In winged Pegasus shines this white A-type star, close in cosmic terms: one hundred twenty-eight light years away. Its light departed around 1898, the year Pierre and Marie Curie announced in Paris the discovery of polonium and radium, opening the era of radioactivity. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its brightness varies subtly with time —an inner restlessness betraying the pulsations of a young star, riding silently on the back of the celestial horse.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 114189 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 114189
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 128.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 346.870° · Dec 21.134°
- Catalogue
- HIP 114189 · HD 218396
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Other stars in Pegasus
Pegasus has 98 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EnifEpsilon Pegasi2.38
- ScheatBeta Pegasi2.44
- MarkabAlpha Pegasi2.49
- 79 Pegasi5.95
- HIP 1073505.96
- HIP 1096025.97
- 69 Pegasi5.99
- HIP 1167685.99