Star profile

HIP 56290

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is HIP 56290

Only 91 light-years away, within the Big Dipper's bowl, shines a yellow-white type-F star —a close cosmic neighbour. Its light set out barely nine decades ago, when radio was beginning to bind continents and cinema was finding its voice. A touch hotter and brighter than our Sun, it offers that crisp, gentle tone halfway between gold and silver. In the boreal night it belongs to a pattern humanity has recognised since the most ancient of times.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 56290 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 56290

Constellation: Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.46
Distance: 91.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 173.086° · Dec 61.083°
Catalogue: HIP 56290 · HD 100203

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Other stars in Ursa Major

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

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