Star profile
HIP 79804
Variable starWhat is HIP 79804
Red, cold, variable. In the coiled body of Draco, this M-type star changes brightness at its own rhythm, as if breathing. Some 740 light-years away, its light started toward Earth when the Iberian Christian kingdoms were still celebrating partial victories against the caliphate and Granada was more than a century away.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 79804 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 82° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 71° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 30° S.
It ranks no. 62 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 740 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 79804
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.37
- Distance
- 739.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 244.314° · Dec 59.755°
- Catalogue
- HIP 79804 · HD 147232
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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
- 3 Draco5.32
- HIP 1025995.36
- 9 Draco5.37
- 50 Draco5.37
- 75 Draco5.38