Star profile
HIP 41152
What is HIP 41152
In Lynx —a constellation so faint that Hevelius said only a lynx could see it— shines a white A-type star some 165 light-years away. Its light set out in the late nineteenth century, in the heart of the industrial revolution, and now arrives clean and cold. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it quietly holds a corner of the northern sky where few bright neighbours come to keep it company.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 41152 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 88° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 77° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 3° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 37° S.
It ranks no. 29 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 21° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 41152
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.52
- Distance
- 164.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 125.952° · Dec 53.220°
- Catalogue
- HIP 41152 · HD 70313
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Other stars in Lynx
Lynx has 60 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
See all 60 stars in Lynx