Star profile
HIP 90991
What is HIP 90991
This white light left Scutum in the 19th century, when refracting telescopes were growing in size and the first modern observatories were rising. It is an A-type star, hot and bluish-white, several times more luminous than the Sun. Scutum is a small constellation, yet it is crossed by one of the densest and brightest regions of the visible Milky Way.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 90991 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 24° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 34° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 71° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 75° N.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 18 stars of Scutum in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Scutum, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 230 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 90991
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- 227.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 278.413° · Dec -14.854°
- Catalogue
- HIP 90991 · HD 171130
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Other stars in Scutum
Scutum has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Scutum3.85
- Beta Scutum4.22
- Zeta Scutum4.66
- HIP 909135.47
- HIP 921365.69
- HIP 900965.71
- HIP 908045.77
- HIP 915325.82