Star profile
HIP 90074
Variable starWhat is HIP 90074
Toward the starry heart of Sagittarius, where the plane of the galaxy turns dense and golden, beats this blue B-type star with mild variability. Its light set out 557 years ago, around 1467, when Gutenberg was already transforming Europe with movable-type printing. Far hotter and more massive than the Sun, its glow ripples with restraint, a reminder that even the steadiest suns hide inner tides of plasma.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 90074 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 90074
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.33
- Distance
- 556.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 275.721° · Dec -36.670°
- Catalogue
- HIP 90074 · HD 168733
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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
- Theta 2 Sagittarii5.30
- HIP 977495.32
- HIP 994615.32
- 7 Sagittarii5.37
- HIP 907635.37