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HIP 51200

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 51200

In the Great Bear gleams a blue-white A-type star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun. Its 216 light-years set out in the era when Beethoven was premiering his Third Symphony — the Eroica — in Vienna, redefining what music could express. Its light, contemporary with that sonic revolution, now traverses the void with the same orchestral candor.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 51200 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February: 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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The signature wall

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A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works

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Write my signature

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 51200

Constellation
Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude
6.00
Distance
215.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 156.867° · Dec 41.601°
Catalogue
HIP 51200 · HD 90470

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Other stars in Ursa Major

Ursa Major has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 124 stars in Ursa Major