Star profile

HIP 96825

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

What is HIP 96825

Stitched to the wing of the Swan that crosses the Milky Way, this yellow-white type-F star shines with a light somewhat livelier and whiter than the Sun's. Its glow set out 162 years ago, when the first transatlantic telegraphs began weaving the invisible web that would bind continents. It has travelled while humanity was learning to speak at a distance, reaching us like an ancient word that at last finds an ear.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 96825 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 84° up.
From New York it culminates about 85° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 11° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 44° S.

It ranks no. 50 in brightness among the 137 stars of Cygnus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 96825

Constellation: Cygnus
Apparent magnitude: 5.06
Distance: 161.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 295.209° · Dec 45.525°
Catalogue: HIP 96825 · HD 186155

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Other stars in Cygnus

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