Star profile
HIP 89065
What is HIP 89065
An orange star in Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. Its light has been crossing the cosmos for 403 years: when it set off, Galileo was first pointing his telescope at Jupiter and Cervantes was finishing the second part of Don Quixote. A K-class star, cooler than the Sun, it gives off an orange glow reminiscent of embers suspended in the night.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 89065 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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Astronomical data for HIP 89065
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.50
- Distance
- 403.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 272.668° · Dec 3.324°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89065 · HD 166460
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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 839625.43
- HIP 912375.43
- HIP 878475.44
- 21 Ophiuchi5.51
- HIP 817545.55