Star profile
HIP 74386
Variable starWhat is HIP 74386
In Serpens, the constellation that glides cleaved in two by the healer Ophiuchus, beats a red M-type variable at 723 light-years. Its coppery light set out around the year 1300, deep in the Middle Ages, when Dante was writing the «Comedy» and guilds were flourishing in European cities. Cooler than the Sun and noticeably broader, its brightness breathes very slowly, almost imperceptibly.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 74386 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 74386
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.90
- Distance
- 723.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 228.018° · Dec 18.976°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74386 · HD 134943
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Other stars in Serpens
Serpens has 65 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- UnukalhaiAlpha Serpens2.63
- Eta Serpens3.23
- Mu Serpens3.54
- HIP 886705.84
- Psi Serpens5.86
- HIP 749015.88
- Tau 5 Serpens5.93
- HIP 791205.93