Star profile
HIP 85385
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 85385
Hercules holds in his arms this hot blue B-class star at 584 light-years. The light we see tonight set out around 1442—the year Brunelleschi completed the dome of Florence and the printing press was still a project in German workshops. It shines with the chromatic coolness that always betrays stellar youth.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 85385 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 85385
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.52
- Distance
- 583.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 261.705° · Dec 20.081°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85385 · HD 158148
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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
- HIP 888365.49
- 74 Herculis5.51
- HIP 873085.51
- 25 Herculis5.53
- HIP 866235.54