Star profile
HIP 92872
What is HIP 92872
In Aquila, the eagle messenger of Zeus, shines a yellow G-type star, similar to the Sun in colour but more luminous and mature. Its light began its journey some 288 years ago, around 1738, when Voltaire was spreading Newton's ideas across the continent and Europe was redrawing its intellectual map. That golden glow now rises with the eagle, crossing the heart of the summer Milky Way.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 92872 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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Astronomical data for HIP 92872
- Constellation
- Aquila
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.58
- Distance
- 287.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 283.864° · Dec 6.615°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92872 · HD 175515
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Other stars in Aquila
Aquila has 72 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AltairAlpha Aquilae0.76
- TarazedGamma Aquilae2.72
- OkabZeta Aquilae2.99
- Tau Aquilae5.51
- 28 Aquilae5.53
- HIP 958225.57
- HIP 946245.58
- 22 Aquilae5.59