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HIP 95572

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is HIP 95572

It belongs to Aquila, the eagle that in classical mythology snatched Ganymede to bear him to Olympus. Its yellow-white tone enrols it among the F-class stars, slightly hotter than the Sun. Its light set out around 183 years ago, when Charles Babbage was designing his analytical engine in London, the conceptual ancestor of the modern computer. It shines steadily, without abrupt variation, adding one more bead to the outline of the celestial eagle, which spreads its wings across the northern summer sky.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 95572 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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A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works

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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.

Astronomical data for HIP 95572

Constellation
Aquila
Apparent magnitude
5.76
Distance
182.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 291.601° · Dec 13.024°
Catalogue
HIP 95572 · HD 182900

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Other stars in Aquila

Aquila has 72 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 72 stars in Aquila