Star profile
HIP 93718
Cool red starWhat is HIP 93718
In Lyra, where the melody of the summer sky is traditionally tuned, glows this M-class red giant at six hundred and nineteen light-years. Its light departed around 1407, deep in the Western Schism, when two —at times three— pontiffs were disputing authority over Latin Christendom. Its deep red, born of a cool and vast atmosphere, contrasts with the piercing white of its neighbours.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 93718 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 93718
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.63
- Distance
- 619.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 286.241° · Dec 31.744°
- Catalogue
- HIP 93718 · HD 177808
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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 938435.53
- HIP 894825.56
- Delta 1 Lyrae5.58
- HIP 927685.64
- HIP 918835.68