Star profile
HIP 91217
What is HIP 91217
In Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer, 125.7 light-years away, burns a whitish F-type sun. Slightly warmer and more luminous than our own, its glow travelled through space while Marie Curie was isolating radium in a Parisian shed and Picasso was beginning his Blue Period. A little over a century of voyage for a light only now stepping out of the sky's portrait.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 91217 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 48° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 58° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 47° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 81° S.
It ranks no. 50 in brightness among the 88 stars of Ophiuchus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rasalhague, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 91217
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.38
- Distance
- 125.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 279.116° · Dec 9.122°
- Catalogue
- HIP 91217 · HD 171802
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Other stars in Ophiuchus
Ophiuchus has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RasalhagueAlpha Ophiuchi2.08
- SabikEta Ophiuchi2.43
- Zeta Ophiuchi2.54
- 43 Ophiuchi5.30
- HIP 856675.31
- 37 Ophiuchi5.32
- HIP 806935.41
- HIP 855375.41