Star profile
HIP 87847
What is HIP 87847
In the vast constellation of Ophiuchus, this yellow G-type star burns at a temperature similar to the Sun but with a far older history. Its light set out around 1626, while the Dutch bought the island of Manhattan from the Lenape for a handful of trinkets. The yellow light of G stars conveys, even from 400 light-years away, the warm and familiar feel of habitable suns.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 87847 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: 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 87847
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.44
- Distance
- 400.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 269.199° · Dec -4.082°
- Catalogue
- HIP 87847 · HD 163532
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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 897725.41
- HIP 839625.43
- HIP 912375.43
- HIP 890655.50
- 21 Ophiuchi5.51