Star profile
HIP 96014
What is HIP 96014
In the Swan, crossed by the misty river of the Milky Way, glows an orange giant 462 light-years away. Its light set out when Copernicus had already published «De Revolutionibus» and European astronomy was shaking its geocentric foundations. Its amber tone springs from an atmosphere cooler than the Sun's, swollen with years. It inhabits a quiet corner of the northern summer sky, far from the alpha stars.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 96014 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: 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 96014
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.55
- Distance
- 462.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 292.831° · Dec 50.307°
- Catalogue
- HIP 96014 · HD 184293
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Other stars in Cygnus
Cygnus has 137 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
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