Star profile

HIP 81437

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

What is HIP 81437

Also in Draco, but in a warmer key, rests an orange K-type star about 271 light-years away. Its light began traveling around 1755, the year Lisbon was leveled by the great earthquake and Enlightenment Europe first measured the planet's inner fury. Cooler than the Sun, it shines with a coppery pulse, almost like an old lamp submerged in dark oil.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 81437 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 85° 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 34° S.

It ranks no. 58 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 81437

Constellation: Draco
Apparent magnitude: 5.28
Distance: 270.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 249.502° · Dec 56.016°
Catalogue: HIP 81437 · HD 150449

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Other stars in Draco

Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 122 stars in Draco