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HIP 65466

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 65466

In Berenice's Hair — that mythical locks offered to the gods by an Egyptian queen — gleams a blue-white A-type star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun. Its 285 light-years set out when Linnaeus was publishing Systema Naturae and life was, for the first time, ordered into kingdoms, genera, and species. Its light crosses the void like one more classification — but infinitely older.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 65466 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 62° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 73° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 32° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 66° S.

It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 39 stars of Coma Berenices in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Comae Berenices, the brightest: it lies about 5° 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 65466

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Apparent magnitude: 5.75
Distance: 285.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 201.278° · Dec 23.854°
Catalogue: HIP 65466 · HD 116706

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Other stars in Coma Berenices

Coma Berenices has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 39 stars in Coma Berenices