Star profile
HIP 32609
What is HIP 32609
In Lynx, that constellation so faint Hevelius warned «you need a lynx's eyes to see it», shines a yellow-white F-class star whose light set out in the early 20th century, while the Wright brothers were trying the first powered flight. Slightly hotter and brighter than the Sun, it gives off a pale, steady glow, true to its nature as a stable, mature star. An open secret for those who learn to look between the sky's shadows.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 32609 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: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 32609
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.54
- Distance
- 144.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 102.051° · Dec 55.704°
- Catalogue
- HIP 32609 · HD 48766
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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
- 26 Lynx5.47
- HIP 411525.52
- HIP 306515.53
- HIP 351365.54
- HIP 374415.58