Star profile
HIP 92768
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: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
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.
- VegaAlpha Lyrae0.03
- SulafatGamma Lyrae3.25
- SheliakBeta Lyrae3.52
- HIP 894825.56
- Delta 1 Lyrae5.58
- HIP 937185.63
- HIP 918835.68
- HIP 933935.69