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HIP 117371

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 117371

On the northern shores of Cepheus shines a white A-type star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its surface humming near nine thousand degrees. The light reaching us tonight set out a little over three centuries ago, when Newton was polishing the mirrors of his first reflecting telescope and science began to measure the universe with instruments of its own. Its crisp glow recalls those founding years when Europe started to look at the sky with numbers, not only with wonder.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 117371 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 117371

Constellation
Cepheus
Apparent magnitude
5.05
Distance
303.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 356.978° · Dec 67.807°
Catalogue
HIP 117371 · HD 223274

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Other stars in Cepheus

Cepheus has 95 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 95 stars in Cepheus