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: 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 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