Star profile
HIP 89968
Variable starWhat is HIP 89968
A yellow-white F-type star lives in Sagittarius 1236 light years away, with a brightness that gently oscillates. Its light set out when the Song dynasty was reunifying China and reinventing printing with movable ceramic type. Somewhat hotter than the Sun and more luminous, its variable pulse turns it into an unsteady lighthouse of the galaxy.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 89968 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 89968
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.76
- Distance
- 1235.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 275.346° · Dec -18.860°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89968 · HD 168608
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Other stars in Sagittarius
Sagittarius has 117 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Kaus AustralisEpsilon Sagittarii1.79
- NunkiSigma Sagittarii2.05
- AscellaZeta Sagittarii2.60
- HIP 954855.72
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- HIP 878365.76
- HIP 914055.78
- HIP 944345.79