Star profile
HIP 96288
What is HIP 96288
At the starlit heart of the Swan shines a white type-A star, hotter and brighter than the Sun, with a glow as polished as fresh-fallen snow. Its light has been on the road for 576 years: it set off when Constantinople was about to fall to the Ottomans in 1453, closing a chapter of European history. It has soared over the empire of time to gaze down today, untouched, upon our night.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 96288 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 81° up.
- From New York it culminates about 88° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 14° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 48° S.
It ranks no. 66 in brightness among the 137 stars of Cygnus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 580 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 96288
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.34
- Distance
- 576.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 293.672° · Dec 42.413°
- Catalogue
- HIP 96288 · HD 184875
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Other stars in Cygnus
Cygnus has 137 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DenebAlpha Cygni1.25
- SadrGamma Cygni2.23
- AljanahEpsilon Cygni2.48
- HIP 999685.27
- HIP 1058985.29
- 70 Cygni5.30
- 60 Cygni5.38
- 27 Cygni5.38