Star profile
HIP 85290
What is HIP 85290
A white A-type flame in Draco, the winding northern constellation that snakes across the sky, about 316 light years away. Its light set out around 1710, when Bach was beginning to forge the language of Baroque music and Philip V was inaugurating the Bourbon dynasty in Spain. Hotter than the Sun, its surface radiates a pure, almost icy white. It crosses the coils of Draco like a discreet, vivid flash, with the perfect clarity of young stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 85290 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 85290
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.65
- Distance
- 316.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 261.422° · Dec 60.048°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85290 · HD 158460
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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 1002615.59
- HIP 929695.62
- AlrakisMu Draco5.63
- HIP 906475.65
- HIP 803095.67