Star profile
HIP 85667
What is HIP 85667
It is a yellow G-type star in Ophiuchus, a near neighbour in cosmic terms: little more than half a hundred light-years away. The light arriving tonight left around 1972, when the Apollo rovers were leaving tracks in lunar dust. It shares colour and temperament with the Sun, though each star has its own biography. Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer, sustains it without turning it into a landmark.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 85667 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 37° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 48° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 89° N.
It ranks no. 48 in brightness among the 88 stars of Ophiuchus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rasalhague, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 53 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 85667
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.31
- Distance
- 53.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 262.599° · Dec -1.063°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85667 · HD 158614
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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
- Tau Ophiuchi5.24
- HIP 806205.24
- 43 Ophiuchi5.30
- 37 Ophiuchi5.32
- HIP 912175.38