Star profile

HIP 88788

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 88788

In Hercules, far from the busy galactic belt, a yellow G-type star —a distant cousin of the Sun— glows at 410 light-years. Its light was emitted around 1616, when Galileo was still defending Copernicus before an ecclesiastical court. It arrives now at magnitude 5, modest to the naked eye but sharp through optics: a solar-toned flame that crossed four centuries without straying.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 88788 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 82° up.
From New York it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 13° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 47° S.

It ranks no. 42 in brightness among the 136 stars of Hercules in our catalogue. To find it, start from Kornephoros, the brightest: it lies about 30° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 88788

Constellation: Hercules
Apparent magnitude: 5.00
Distance: 409.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 271.870° · Dec 43.462°
Catalogue: HIP 88788 · HD 166208

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Other stars in Hercules

Hercules has 136 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 136 stars in Hercules