Star profile

HIP 76568

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

What is HIP 76568

In Boötes, a yellow-white F-type star shines just 117 light-years away. Its light set out when Europe was plunging into the roar of the twenties and the first talking pictures were astonishing audiences. Slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its almost ivory glow is one of the easiest to imagine accompanying a modern evening. This near neighbour has been travelling for a century to meet our gaze tonight.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 76568 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 never sets and culminates about 85° up.
From New York it culminates about 84° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 9° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 43° S.

It ranks no. 69 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 32° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 120 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 76568

Constellation: Boötes
Apparent magnitude: 5.76
Distance: 116.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 234.567° · Dec 46.798°
Catalogue: HIP 76568 · HD 139798

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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