Star profile
HIP 9001
What is HIP 9001
Its orange light left Andromeda around the year 1104, when the Crusaders were consolidating Jerusalem after the First Crusade and Compostela was drawing pilgrims from all over Europe. It is a K-type star, cooler than the Sun, with a coppery glow that recalls dusk. Andromeda harbours the spiral galaxy nearest to our own, a faint smudge that the human eye can still recognise under dark skies.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 9001 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November: 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 9001
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 921.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 28.977° · Dec 37.278°
- Catalogue
- HIP 9001 · HD 11727
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Other stars in Andromeda
Andromeda has 81 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- MirachBeta Andromedae2.07
- AlpheratzAlpha Andromedae2.07
- AlmachGamma 1 Andromedae2.10
- HIP 14935.88
- HIP 24755.88
- HIP 16305.89
- HIP 73215.90
- 6 Andromedae5.91