Star profile
HIP 91883
What is HIP 91883
In Lyra, the small celestial lyre hanging from the summer sky, shines a yellow-white star of warm tones. Its light set out around 1862, the year Victor Hugo published Les Misérables and moved half of Europe. Slightly hotter than the Sun, it shines with that serene firmness which distinguishes F-type stars at the peak of their maturity.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 91883 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 70° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 81° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 24° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 58° S.
It ranks no. 29 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 91883
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.68
- Distance
- 164.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 280.965° · Dec 31.927°
- Catalogue
- HIP 91883 · HD 173417
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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
- Delta 1 Lyrae5.58
- HIP 937185.63
- HIP 927685.64
- HIP 933935.69
- Zeta 2 Lyrae5.73