Star profile

HIP 93256

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

What is HIP 93256

Near the lyre of Orpheus glows a K-type orange giant 324 light-years from us. The light now crossing the atmosphere set out around 1702, as the opening battles of the War of the Spanish Succession were being fought. Cooler than the Sun and considerably larger, it holds its calm flame like a long-sustained note at the cosmos's edge of hearing.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 93256 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 65° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 30° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.

It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 320 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 93256

Constellation: Lyra
Apparent magnitude: 5.26
Distance: 323.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 284.939° · Dec 26.230°
Catalogue: HIP 93256 · HD 176527

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