Star profile

HIP 92768

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 92768

In Lyra, the small constellation that guards Vega, shines this orange K-type star, cooler and with a warmer palette than the Sun. Its light set out 363 years ago, around 1661, when the Restoration of Charles II was being signed in England. Its golden glow goes almost unnoticed by the naked eye, yet it defines that breed of slow, persistent stars that hold up the background of the constellations, like small embers suspended.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 92768 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 66° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 28° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 62° S.

It ranks no. 28 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 92768

Constellation: Lyra
Apparent magnitude: 5.64
Distance: 363.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 283.555° · Dec 27.910°
Catalogue: HIP 92768 · HD 175443

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Other stars in Lyra

Lyra has 37 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 37 stars in Lyra