Star profile
HIP 30651
Variable starWhat is HIP 30651
Discreet in Lynx, that constellation invented to fill an almost empty patch of sky, pulses a white class A variable. Its brightness is not steady: it rises and falls with a breath of its own. The light arriving now left 244 years ago, when the United States was signing its declaration of independence and a new world was rising on the other side of the Atlantic.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 30651 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 85° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 74° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 34° S.
It ranks no. 30 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 37° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 30651
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.53
- Distance
- 244.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 96.608° · Dec 56.285°
- Catalogue
- HIP 30651 · HD 44691
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Other stars in Lynx
Lynx has 60 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Lynx3.14
- 38 Lynx3.82
- HIP 442483.96
- HIP 349125.46
- 26 Lynx5.47
- HIP 411525.52
- HIP 326095.54
- HIP 351365.54