Star profile
HIP 89851
What is HIP 89851
In the celestial Serpent lives an orange star, distant and discreet. Its light set out around 1505, while Leonardo da Vinci was painting the Mona Lisa in Florence and the Portuguese explored the coasts of Mozambique. Cooler than the Sun, it pours out a warm, ancient glow, like embers caught in a fold of the summer sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 89851 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 23° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 33° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 72° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 74° N.
It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 65 stars of Serpens in our catalogue. To find it, start from Unukalhai, the brightest: it lies about 45° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 520 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 89851
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.39
- Distance
- 521.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 275.037° · Dec -15.832°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89851 · HD 168415
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Other stars in Serpens
Serpens has 65 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- UnukalhaiAlpha Serpens2.63
- Eta Serpens3.23
- Mu Serpens3.54
- 60 Serpens5.38
- 25 Serpens5.39
- HIP 791955.39
- HIP 779025.45
- 11 Serpens5.50