Star profile

HIP 63340

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

What is HIP 63340

In Draco, the long celestial serpent coiling around the north pole, pulses an orange K-class giant whose light set out around 1484, when Diogo Cão was sailing up the Congo and the Portuguese were skirting Africa on the way to the Indian Ocean. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger, it radiates a coppery, steady glow. It is a mature star moving on in silence, fit for the deep northern sky where the patient gaze always ends up rewarded.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 63340 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 63340

Constellation: Draco
Apparent magnitude: 6.00
Distance: 541.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 194.697° · Dec 75.473°
Catalogue: HIP 63340 · HD 113049

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Other stars in Draco

Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 122 stars in Draco