Star profile
HIP 116728
What is HIP 116728
In Cepheus, the legendary king and celestial monarch neighboring the north pole, shines this yellow G-type star, spectral sister to the Sun. Its light set out 328 years ago, around 1696, when Peter the Great was launching his «Grand Embassy» to Europe to modernize Russia. Its golden hue and discreet glow evoke a distant version of our own star, a solar echo suspended in the northern firmament among its constellation's more celebrated luminaries.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 116728 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November: 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 116728
- Constellation
- Cepheus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.98
- Distance
- 327.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 354.838° · Dec 74.003°
- Catalogue
- HIP 116728 · HD 222387
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Other stars in Cepheus
Cepheus has 95 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AlderaminAlpha Cepheus2.45
- ErraiGamma Cepheus3.21
- AlfirkBeta Cepheus3.23
- HIP 1172655.95
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- HIP 1057275.97
- HIP 1032195.99
- HIP 1050806.00