Star profile
HIP 74901
What is HIP 74901
An orange K-type giant inhabits Serpens 727 light years away. Its light set out when Marco Polo was dictating in a Genoese prison the tale of his travels to Cathay. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger and more luminous, it radiates a measured, golden, almost autumnal gleam typical of stars that have already abandoned their youth.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 74901 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: 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 74901
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 726.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 229.609° · Dec -0.461°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74901 · HD 136028
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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 920275.82
- HIP 886705.84
- Psi Serpens5.86
- HIP 743865.90
- Tau 5 Serpens5.93