Star profile
HIP 93845
What is HIP 93845
It shines white, almost pearlescent, in the small constellation of Vulpecula, the fox, about 350 light years away. Its light set out around 1676, when Ole Rømer would soon measure the speed of light by observing Jupiter's moons. A-type, hotter than the Sun, its surface radiates with an almost crystalline cleanliness. A discreet flame nestled between its grand neighbours, the Swan and the Eagle —easy to overlook and yet intense.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 93845 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 93845
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 349.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 286.660° · Dec 24.251°
- Catalogue
- HIP 93845 · HD 178187
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Other stars in Vulpecula
Vulpecula has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnserAlpha Vulpecula4.44
- 23 Vulpecula4.50
- 31 Vulpecula4.56
- HIP 1007545.68
- 14 Vulpecula5.68
- HIP 1056525.70
- 8 Vulpecula5.82
- HIP 955825.84