Star profile
HIP 91237
What is HIP 91237
107.9 light-years separate it from Earth: the light we see tonight departed around 1918, during the final months of the First World War. It lives in Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer, with the whitish yellow of an F-type star. Slightly hotter than the Sun, it would light any planet with days slightly whiter than our own.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 91237 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 45° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 56° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 49° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 83° S.
It ranks no. 55 in brightness among the 88 stars of Ophiuchus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rasalhague, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 110 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 91237
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.43
- Distance
- 107.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 279.163° · Dec 6.672°
- Catalogue
- HIP 91237 · HD 171834
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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
- HIP 855375.41
- HIP 897725.41
- HIP 839625.43
- HIP 878475.44
- HIP 890655.50