Star profile

HIP 78276

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 78276

Within the perfect circle of the Northern Crown pulses an orange type-K star, cooler and more serene than the Sun, clad in the coppery tone of a fire at dawn. Its light has been on the road for 764 years: it set out when Marco Polo was about to return from his journey to the court of the Great Khan and Venice prepared to hear impossible tales of the East. It has travelled through as many lifetimes as dynasties have fallen since.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 78276 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: 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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Astronomical data for HIP 78276

Constellation: Corona Borealis
Apparent magnitude: 5.61
Distance: 763.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 239.740° · Dec 36.644°
Catalogue: HIP 78276 · HD 143435

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Other stars in Corona Borealis

Corona Borealis has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 26 stars in Corona Borealis