Star profile
HIP 83838
What is HIP 83838
In Hercules, the sky's hero, shines a white type-A star 177 light-years away. Its light crossed the Atlantic when Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony in Vienna and a human choir sang for the first time alongside an orchestra. Hotter and crisper than the Sun, its white hue evokes the purity of freshly polished marble —a sustained note in the silent score of the night.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 83838 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: 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 83838
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.41
- Distance
- 177.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 257.009° · Dec 35.935°
- Catalogue
- HIP 83838 · HD 155103
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Other stars in Hercules
Hercules has 136 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- KornephorosBeta Herculis2.78
- RasalgethiAlpha 1 Herculis2.78
- Zeta Herculis2.81
- 72 Herculis5.38
- HIP 827645.39
- HYG 1191065.40
- HIP 900235.41
- 112 Herculis5.43