Star profile
HIP 73166
What is HIP 73166
532 light-years separate Boötes from this yellow G-class star, a spectral cousin of our Sun yet far more distant in time. The light we see tonight broke loose around 1494, the year of the Treaty of Tordesillas, when Castile and Portugal divided the known world along an invisible line. A solitary yellow, with no adornment beyond its spectral class.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 73166 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 55° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 40° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 74° S.
It ranks no. 63 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 530 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 73166
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.72
- Distance
- 532.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 224.299° · Dec 16.388°
- Catalogue
- HIP 73166 · HD 132146
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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
- 7 Boötis5.71
- HIP 664175.72
- HIP 720125.72
- 1 Boötis5.73
- HIP 712805.74