Star profile
HIP 97402
What is HIP 97402
In the discreet little Fox, some 414 light-years away, beats this orange type K star. Its light set out around 1612, when Galileo was still patiently documenting Jupiter's moons and proving the sky to be far richer than the ancients had believed. Cooler than the Sun but noticeably larger, it offers its warm tone within a modern summer-boreal constellation that does not seek to draw attention.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 97402 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 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 97402
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.00
- Distance
- 414.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 296.952° · Dec 25.384°
- Catalogue
- HIP 97402 · HD 187193
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Vulpecula has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
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