Star profile

HIP 52136

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 52136

In the Great Bear, the constellation that for centuries guided peasants and sailors, shines an orange K-type star, cooler than the Sun and warm in hue. Its glow travels around 453 years to reach us: what arrives today set out about 1572, just as Tycho Brahe was discovering the Cassiopeia supernova that demolished the Aristotelian notion of an immutable sky. This star, far from the spotlight, has been burning patiently since those days.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 52136 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, 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 2° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 36° S.

It ranks no. 70 in brightness among the 124 stars of Ursa Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alioth, the brightest: it lies about 19° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 450 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 52136

Constellation: Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.55
Distance: 453.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 159.774° · Dec 53.668°
Catalogue: HIP 52136 · HD 92095

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Other stars in Ursa Major

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