Star profile

HIP 52338

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

What is HIP 52338

In the Great Bear, where the Plough guides the observer's gaze toward the north, beats an orange K-type star, cooler than the Sun, with a warm and quiet glow. Its light takes around 513 years to arrive: what we receive today departed about 1513, just as Vasco Núñez de Balboa was crossing the isthmus of Panama and becoming the first European to glimpse the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 52338 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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Astronomical data for HIP 52338

Constellation: Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.74
Distance: 513.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 160.451° · Dec 68.443°
Catalogue: HIP 52338 · HD 92354

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Other stars in Ursa Major

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