Star profile
HIP 80309
What is HIP 80309
At 506 light years in the Dragon, this yellow G-type star shines at magnitude 5.67. Its light began its journey around 1520, in the midst of the Italian Wars and on the verge of Magellan's circumnavigation. Sharing the spectral family of the Sun, this northern sister embodies the very idea of a moderate star: neither too hot to burn out fast, nor too cold to fade, that temperate band where complex chemistry finds its best stage.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80309 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 80309
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 506.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 245.947° · Dec 61.696°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80309 · HD 148374
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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
- AlrakisMu Draco5.63
- HIP 852905.65
- HIP 906475.65
- 48 Draco5.67
- HIP 1003575.69