Star profile
HIP 84183
What is HIP 84183
A yellow-white F-type star shines in Draco, the circumpolar dragon, at about 140 light-years. Its light set out around 1885, while the first motor cars were beginning to circulate and electricity was reaching the great European cities. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, it offers that almost ivory tone of stars somewhat more energetic than our own, suspended near the northern celestial pole.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 84183 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 79° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 68° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 27° S.
It ranks no. 77 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 140 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 84183
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.54
- Distance
- 140.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 258.136° · Dec 62.874°
- Catalogue
- HIP 84183 · HD 156295
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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
- HIP 925495.51
- 49 Draco5.51
- 16 Draco5.53
- HIP 1002615.59
- HIP 929695.62