Star profile
HIP 71573
What is HIP 71573
In Boötes, the Herdsman who drives the great wagons of the northern sky, shines a white star of cool tones. Its light set out around 1666, the year London burned in the Great Fire that devoured the medieval city. Hotter and more massive than the Sun, it radiates the luminous serenity proper to young A-type stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 71573 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 never sets and culminates about 87° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 77° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 2° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 36° S.
It ranks no. 73 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 35° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 71573
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.83
- Distance
- 359.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 219.563° · Dec 54.023°
- Catalogue
- HIP 71573 · HD 128998
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Other stars in Boötes
Boötes has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ArcturusAlpha Boötis-0.05
- IzarEpsilon Boötis2.35
- MuphridEta Boötis2.68
- HIP 722085.78
- HIP 725525.80
- HIP 740965.82
- HIP 698295.84
- HIP 765945.84