Star profile
HIP 65536
Cool red starWhat is HIP 65536
In Ursa Minor, near the circumpolar heart of the northern sky, burns a very cool red giant of class M. Its light set out around the year 851, when the Vikings were discovering Iceland and Baghdad was living the golden age of the Abbasid caliphate. This swollen, serene beacon bathes the northern sky in the red glow typical of stars that have already left youth behind and are preparing for their final stages.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 65536 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 69° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 58° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 18° S.
It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 25 stars of Ursa Minor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Polaris, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,200 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 65536
- Constellation
- Ursa Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.82
- Distance
- 1173.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 201.533° · Dec 72.391°
- Catalogue
- HIP 65536 · HD 117187
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Other stars in Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- PolarisAlpha Ursae Minoris1.97
- KochabBeta Ursae Minoris2.07
- PherkadGamma Ursae Minoris3.00
- HIP 786615.73
- HIP 847695.74
- 24 Ursae Minoris5.78
- HIP 669035.91
- HIP 818545.99