Star profile
HIP 94630
Cool red starWhat is HIP 94630
In Lyra, that small constellation of the boreal summer associated with Orpheus, glows a red star whose light set out twelve hundred and sixty-nine years ago, when Charlemagne was still a young king of the Franks. It is a very cool giant, with a surface of barely three thousand five hundred degrees, that reddish temperature recalling iron at dusk. Despite this relative chill, its enormous size and luminosity turn it into a discreet beacon. Its garnet tone brings warmth to a constellation dominated by white and blue stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 94630 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 69° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 26° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 59° S.
It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,300 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 94630
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 1269.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 288.854° · Dec 30.526°
- Catalogue
- HIP 94630 · HD 180450
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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 933935.69
- Zeta 2 Lyrae5.73
- HIP 953525.85
- HIP 931045.89
- Nu 1 Lyrae5.93