Star profile
HIP 66798
What is HIP 66798
In the Dragon that winds between the two Bears shines a white A-class star, whose light set out some 222 years ago, when Napoleon was launching his Egyptian campaign and French savants were redrawing the geography of the Nile. A stars are young, hot, sharp bodies, with a white glow that stands out clearly even in regions crowded with older stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 66798 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 77° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 66° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 25° S.
It ranks no. 102 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 34° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 220 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 66798
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.85
- Distance
- 222.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 205.374° · Dec 64.822°
- Catalogue
- HIP 66798 · HD 119476
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Other stars in Draco
Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EltaninGamma Draco2.24
- AthebyneEta Draco2.73
- RastabanBeta Draco2.79
- HIP 777385.81
- Dziban BPsi 1 Draco5.81
- HIP 928225.84
- HIP 765095.85
- HIP 773705.85