Star profile
HIP 83962
What is HIP 83962
An F-type yellow-white star caught among the grasses of Ophiuchus, some 135 light-years away. Its light left when Beethoven was still composing his late string quartets and stagecoaches were the fastest way to cross Europe. That same brightness, after a century and a quarter on the road, now reaches the observer's lens.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 83962 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 39° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 67° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 79° N.
It ranks no. 54 in brightness among the 88 stars of Ophiuchus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rasalhague, the brightest: it lies about 24° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 83962
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.43
- Distance
- 134.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 257.450° · Dec -10.523°
- Catalogue
- HIP 83962 · HD 155078
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Other stars in Ophiuchus
Ophiuchus has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RasalhagueAlpha Ophiuchi2.08
- SabikEta Ophiuchi2.43
- Zeta Ophiuchi2.54
- HIP 806935.41
- HIP 855375.41
- HIP 897725.41
- HIP 912375.43
- HIP 878475.44