Star profile
HIP 78542
What is HIP 78542
Within Draco's coils, some 811 light-years away, beats this orange type K star. Its light set out around 1215, the year of Magna Carta, when English barons forced King John to accept the first written limits on royal power. Cooler than the Sun yet much larger, it spills an ancient copper glow over the constellation that snakes silently around the northern celestial pole.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 78542 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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Astronomical data for HIP 78542
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.93
- Distance
- 811.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 240.523° · Dec 52.916°
- Catalogue
- HIP 78542 · HD 144204
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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 921335.91
- HIP 950385.91
- HIP 809915.92
- HIP 772725.94
- 74 Draco5.96