Star profile

HIP 74096

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

What is HIP 74096

Boötes, the constellation that climbs every northern spring guided by Arcturus, also hides this K-class orange at four hundred and sixty-seven light-years. Its light departed around 1559, the year the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis was signed, closing decades of Italian wars between Habsburg and Valois. Four and a half centuries on, that orange photon —carrying the promise of a European balance long forgotten— ends its journey.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 74096 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 64° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 74° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 31° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 65° S.

It ranks no. 72 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 470 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 74096

Constellation: Boötes
Apparent magnitude: 5.82
Distance: 466.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 227.148° · Dec 25.109°
Catalogue: HIP 74096 · HD 134335

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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