Star profile

HIP 56510

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

What is HIP 56510

In the familiar dipper of the Great Bear, an orange K-class star holds itself at 439 light years. The light meeting the eye tonight took leave around 1587, the year Mary Stuart was executed in England and Philip II was preparing the Spanish Armada. Warm and constant colour: no pulsing, no known companion — silence turned into a star.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 56510 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 87° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 76° up.
From Sydney it culminates about 1° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 35° S.

It ranks no. 77 in brightness among the 124 stars of Ursa Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alioth, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 440 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 56510

Constellation: Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.63
Distance: 439.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 173.770° · Dec 54.785°
Catalogue: HIP 56510 · HD 100615

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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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