Star profile
HIP 93843
What is HIP 93843
Just 130.4 light years away, within Lyra, shines a yellowish-white class F star. Its light departed around 1895, the year the Lumière brothers held the first public film projection in Paris. A star slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun, close by cosmic standards —a silent neighbourhood for a small luminary of the lyric constellation.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 93843 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 67° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 78° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 61° S.
It ranks no. 24 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 93843
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.53
- Distance
- 130.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 286.657° · Dec 28.629°
- Catalogue
- HIP 93843 · HD 178233
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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 912355.41
- HIP 928315.46
- HIP 909235.47
- HIP 894825.56
- Delta 1 Lyrae5.58