Star profile
HIP 53377
What is HIP 53377
On the back of the Great Bear, neighbor to the seven stars that trace the wagon, gleams a yellow G-type star, close kin to the Sun in color and temperament. Its 290 light-years were born while Bach was composing his Passions in Leipzig and Baroque music was reaching its zenith. The light we see is contemporary with that sonorous gold, traveling without pause from another century.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 53377 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 culminates about 73° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 83° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 22° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 56° S.
It ranks no. 89 in brightness among the 124 stars of Ursa Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alioth, the brightest: it lies about 30° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 53377
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 290.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 163.742° · Dec 34.035°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53377 · HD 94497
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Other stars in Ursa Major
Ursa Major has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AliothEpsilon Ursae Majoris1.76
- DubheAlpha Ursae Majoris1.81
- AlkaidEta Ursae Majoris1.85
- HIP 475945.72
- HIP 407725.73
- HIP 507865.73
- HIP 557975.73
- 62 Ursae Majoris5.73