Star profile
HIP 92136
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 92136
Its yellow-white light travels across vast distances from Scutum, a small but luminous constellation of the summer Milky Way. It is an F-type star, a supergiant and exceptionally bright, far hotter than the Sun and powerful enough to count among the notable luminaries. Scutum was drawn by Hevelius in honour of the Polish king John III Sobieski after the battle of Vienna.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 92136 lies in the southern 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 28° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 39° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 80° N.
It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 18 stars of Scutum in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Scutum, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 92136
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.69
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 281.681° · Dec -10.125°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92136 · HD 173638
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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 911055.12
- HIP 922025.38
- HIP 909135.47
- HIP 900965.71
- HIP 909915.74