Star profile
HIP 90923
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 90923
In the slice of Lyra, a hot B-class star shines from 358 light-years away with the stern blue of young stars. The light crossing the sky tonight broke loose around 1668, when Newton was building his first reflecting telescope and Molière premiered «The Miser» in Paris. A small blue ember in the shadow of Vega.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 90923 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 26° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 59° S.
It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.
It opens in your browser. Free, no account, nothing to install.
Leave your signature on HIP 90923
Your name and a message go up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.
Without a lock, someone else can replace your signature. How the lock works
We'll ask for an email to confirm it's you, no password.
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 90923
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.47
- Distance
- 357.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 278.208° · Dec 30.554°
- Catalogue
- HIP 90923 · HD 171301
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.
Other stars in Lyra
Lyra has 37 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- VegaAlpha Lyrae0.03
- SulafatGamma Lyrae3.25
- SheliakBeta Lyrae3.52
- HIP 932565.26
- HIP 912355.41
- HIP 928315.46
- HIP 938435.53
- HIP 894825.56