Star profile

HIP 74605

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is HIP 74605

Near the pole, in the Little Bear, hums a yellow-white star just 82.7 light-years away. Its light set out as the Wright brothers were testing the first powered flights at Kitty Hawk —a clean century of silent travel through vacuum. A class-F sun, slightly hotter and more vigorous than ours, it spins about the northern sky's axis like a lucid ember that never sets.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 74605 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 74° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 63° up.
From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 23° S.

It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 25 stars of Ursa Minor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Polaris, the brightest: it lies about 23° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 83 years ago.

Find it on the sky map

It opens in your browser. Free, no account, nothing to install.

Leave your signature on HIP 74605

Your name and a message go up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.

Without a lock, someone else can replace your signature. How the lock works

We'll ask for an email to confirm it's you, no password.

Write my signature

A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.

Astronomical data for HIP 74605

Constellation: Ursa Minor
Apparent magnitude: 5.15
Distance: 82.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 228.659° · Dec 67.347°
Catalogue: HIP 74605 · HD 136064

A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.

Other stars in Ursa Minor

Ursa Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 25 stars in Ursa Minor