Star profile

HIP 51658

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

What is HIP 51658

In Ursa Major, that familiar figure that has guided travellers since before writing, shines an A-type white star. Its light set out one hundred and thirteen years ago, when Europe was still tentatively entering the age of electricity and the first automobiles crossed cobbled streets. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it gives off that sharp, clean glow characteristic of stellar youth. It is part of the quiet lattice that sustains the Plough, present every night for those who know how to look.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 51658 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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Astronomical data for HIP 51658

Constellation: Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude: 4.72
Distance: 113.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 158.308° · Dec 40.426°
Catalogue: HIP 51658 · HD 91312

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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