Star profile
HIP 85922
What is HIP 85922
In Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer, a white A-type star shines 157 light-years away. Its light began its journey when Europe was inaugurating the railway and the first locomotives were steaming between cities. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its hue is that of freshly polished ice, almost bluish. It belongs to that strip of sky where mythology and science meet: serpents in the imagination, hydrogen in reality.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 85922 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 33° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 44° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 62° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 84° N.
It ranks no. 62 in brightness among the 88 stars of Ophiuchus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rasalhague, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 85922
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.61
- Distance
- 156.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 263.374° · Dec -5.745°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85922 · HD 159170
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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
- HIP 817545.55
- 24 Ophiuchi5.57
- HIP 857495.57
- HIP 836355.63
- HIP 903135.64