Star profile
HIP 43550
What is HIP 43550
Lynx, the constellation Hevelius drew because one needed lynx-eyes to spot it, holds this orange star 527 light-years away. Its light set out around 1499, while Leonardo da Vinci was finishing The Last Supper in Milan and the Renaissance was reaching its maturity. A K-class giant arriving like a last brushstroke from that workshop.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 43550 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 43550
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.98
- Distance
- 527.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 133.042° · Dec 42.003°
- Catalogue
- HIP 43550 · HD 75556
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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
- 8 Lynx5.94
- HIP 456615.94
- HIP 448975.95
- HIP 435535.96
- HIP 454125.98