Star profile

HIP 72848

Variable star

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

What is HIP 72848

In Boötes, the herdsman that follows the celestial wagon, an orange K-type variable dwarf shines just 37 light-years away, in the Sun s immediate neighborhood. Its light set out around 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and the World Wide Web was born, two milestones that reshaped the map of the century. Cooler and smaller than the Sun, its brightness shifts gently, marking an intimate, intensely studied pulse.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 72848 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 58° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 68° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 37° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 71° S.

It ranks no. 88 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 38 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 72848

Constellation: Boötes
Apparent magnitude: 6.00
Distance: 37.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 223.349° · Dec 19.153°
Catalogue: HIP 72848 · HD 131511

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Other stars in Boötes

Boötes has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 88 stars in Boötes