Star profile
HIP 80375
Variable starWhat is HIP 80375
In Draco, the long dragon that winds among the circumpolar stars of the north, it pulses with the white of class A stars, but with a brightness that is not entirely constant: it belongs to the variables. The light observed left 391 years ago, in an era when Galileo was defending his ideas about the motion of the Earth before the Inquisition. Every small oscillation of its light is a slow heartbeat of the physical processes happening inside it.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 80375 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 86° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 75° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 35° S.
It ranks no. 95 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 390 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 80375
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 391.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 246.106° · Dec 55.205°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80375 · HD 148330
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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
- 41 Draco5.74
- HIP 913155.74
- 76 Draco5.75
- Alruba5.75
- HIP 763765.77