Star profile

HIP 78180

Variable star

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

What is HIP 78180

It belongs to Draco, the dragon coiled around the northern celestial pole, and shines with the warm yellow-white of F-class stars. Its light set out on its journey around 110 years ago, when the Wright brothers were testing their first powered flights and the world was learning to leave the ground. It is a variable whose pulsations remind us that even what seems immutable still beats. Its intrinsic glow outshines the Sun and, from boreal latitudes, it appears to keep watch over the long winter nights.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 78180 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 87° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 76° up.
From Sydney it culminates about 1° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 35° S.

It ranks no. 37 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 110 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 78180

Constellation: Draco
Apparent magnitude: 4.96
Distance: 109.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 239.448° · Dec 54.750°
Catalogue: HIP 78180 · HD 143466

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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