Star profile
HIP 92202
Variable starWhat is HIP 92202
In the tiny constellation of Scutum, the shield raised by Hevelius in the seventeenth century, pulses an orange K-type star whose light wavers gently. Its distance is staggering: around 326,000 light-years — figures more typical of the galactic halo — meaning its brilliance set out long before any modern hominid had set foot in Europe. It is an almost prehistoric whisper, reaching us dressed in amber.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 92202 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 92202
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.38
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 281.871° · Dec -5.705°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92202 · HD 173819
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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
- Epsilon Scutum4.88
- HIP 928145.08
- HIP 911055.12
- HIP 909135.47
- HIP 921365.69