Star profile
HIP 92831
What is HIP 92831
In Lyra beats a yellow star of type G, a spiritual twin of the Sun and a touch older. Its light has been on the road for 267 years: it left around 1758, just after Halley s death, as his comet returned punctually to its predicted appointment and proved him posthumously right. A small sun hidden among the chords of the harp, easy to overlook and therefore unforgettable.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 92831 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 80° up.
- From New York it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 14° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 48° S.
It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 92831
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.46
- Distance
- 267.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 283.717° · Dec 41.603°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92831 · HD 175740
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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
- Iota Lyrae5.25
- HIP 932565.26
- HIP 912355.41
- HIP 909235.47
- HIP 938435.53