Star profile
HIP 77738
What is HIP 77738
In Draco —coiling its body between the two bears— shines a G-type star, yellow, a spectral cousin of our Sun yet vaster. Its light set out at the start of the eighteenth century, when Vivaldi premiered his first concertos and the Royal Society debated the orbits of comets. Three centuries later, that same golden light completes its long journey above the rooftops.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 77738 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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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 77738
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.81
- Distance
- 335.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 238.069° · Dec 55.827°
- Catalogue
- HIP 77738 · HD 142531
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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 803755.75
- Alruba5.75
- HIP 763765.77
- Dziban BPsi 1 Draco5.81
- HIP 928225.84