Star profile

HIP 77738

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

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, 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 34° S.

It ranks no. 99 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 340 years ago.

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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.

See all 122 stars in Draco