Star profile
HIP 92488
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 92488
At 2,788 light years in the small Shield, this yellow-white F-type star with a notably luminous nature shines at magnitude 5.82. Its light set out around 762 BC, the century when Homer composed or transmitted the Iliad. Its high intrinsic luminosity compensates for an enormous distance, placing it among the giants and supergiants that mark the spiral arms with yellowish beacons far rarer than the Sun.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 92488 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 29° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 40° 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. 17 in brightness among the 18 stars of Scutum in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Scutum, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 2,800 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 92488
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.82
- Distance
- 2788.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 282.744° · Dec -9.774°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92488 · HD 174464
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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 900965.71
- HIP 909915.74
- HIP 908045.77
- HIP 915325.82
- HIP 923915.99