Star profile
HIP 85185
What is HIP 85185
In Hercules, the hero of the twelve labours, shines a white A-class star whose light set out around 1618, when the Thirty Years' War was breaking out in the heart of Europe. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it radiates a cool, firm glow typical of young, well-formed stars. It quietly accompanies the famous globular cluster M13, another dweller of the constellation, a reminder that in this corner of the summer sky the apparent stillness hides deep jewels.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 85185 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June: 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 85185
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 407.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 261.131° · Dec 16.301°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85185 · HD 157740
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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
- 50 Herculis5.73
- 84 Herculis5.73
- 10 Herculis5.74
- HIP 808985.76
- HIP 833675.76