Star profile
HIP 77370
What is HIP 77370
Coiled in the northern spirals of Draco, this white A-type star glows about 240 light-years away. Its light began its journey around 1785, when William Herschel was publishing his maps of the Milky Way and Mozart was premiering The Marriage of Figaro. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, its white surface radiates with liveliness. We contemplate it today as a postcard from the late Enlightenment crossing the northern sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 77370 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 86° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 75° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 35° S.
It ranks no. 104 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 19° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 77370
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.85
- Distance
- 240.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 236.908° · Dec 55.377°
- Catalogue
- HIP 77370 · HD 141675
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Other stars in Draco
Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EltaninGamma Draco2.24
- AthebyneEta Draco2.73
- RastabanBeta Draco2.79
- HIP 928225.84
- HIP 667985.85
- HIP 765095.85
- HIP 862195.87
- HIP 756965.90