Star profile
HIP 92549
What is HIP 92549
On the sinuous neck of the northern Dragon shines a yellow type G star, a close sibling of the Sun in color and temper. Its light took barely 84 years to reach us: it set out when Europe was emerging from the Second World War and Picasso painted Guernica from his Parisian exile. Each photon arriving today is a young echo of that wounded century —a small golden flame within the dragon's coil.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 92549 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 never sets and culminates about 89° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 78° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 3° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 37° S.
It ranks no. 74 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 84 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 92549
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.51
- Distance
- 83.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 282.896° · Dec 52.975°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92549 · HD 175225
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Other stars in Draco
Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EltaninGamma Draco2.24
- AthebyneEta Draco2.73
- RastabanBeta Draco2.79
- HIP 788935.44
- HIP 600445.47
- HIP 726645.48
- 49 Draco5.51
- 16 Draco5.53