Star profile

HIP 37391

Variable star

3D likeness based on its real data · class M · ~3,200 K

What is HIP 37391

Deep within Cepheus throbs a variable red giant some 456 light-years away. Its light set out when Spanish conquistadors were crossing the Andes and the printing press was reshaping the world's memory. Like a restless stellar heart, its brightness rises and falls in slow cycles —a pulse that reminds us no star stands wholly still against time.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 37391 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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Astronomical data for HIP 37391

Constellation: Cepheus
Apparent magnitude: 5.05
Distance: 455.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 115.129° · Dec 87.020°
Catalogue: HIP 37391 · HD 51802

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Other stars in Cepheus

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