Star profile
HIP 89000
What is HIP 89000
In Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, shines a yellow-white F-class star whose light set out a century and a half ago, in the years when photography was leaving the daguerreotype behind and learning to fix the sky on plates. Slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it gives off a pale, steady glow. Its discretion makes it one of those quiet pieces of the summer sky, fit for those who know how to look beyond the row of the most famous stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 89000 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 89000
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 153.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 272.475° · Dec 3.120°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89000 · HD 166285
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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 836355.63
- HIP 903135.64
- HIP 807935.66
- 73 Ophiuchi5.71
- 14 Ophiuchi5.74