Star profile
HIP 95222
What is HIP 95222
Among the feathers of Aquila, the eagle, shines a yellow G-type star 338 light-years away. Its warm light set out as Louis XIV inaugurated the palace of Versailles and moved his court there. A distant relative of the Sun but older, it began centuries ago to swell and shine brighter, foreshadowing a fate that one day awaits the star that warms our own days.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 95222 lies in the southern 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 95222
- Constellation
- Aquila
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.81
- Distance
- 338.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 290.590° · Dec -0.252°
- Catalogue
- HIP 95222 · HD 181907
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Other stars in Aquila
Aquila has 72 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AltairAlpha Aquilae0.76
- TarazedGamma Aquilae2.72
- OkabZeta Aquilae2.99
- HIP 955725.76
- 56 Aquilae5.76
- 35 Aquilae5.79
- HIP 935805.82
- HIP 957325.84