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HIP 98073

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 98073

In Cygnus —spreading its wings along the summer Milky Way— burns an orange K-type star, cooler and more serene than the Sun. Its light set out more than nine hundred years ago, in the midst of the twelfth-century crusades, when Cistercian monks copied manuscripts by candlelight. It crossed oceans of darkness and, faithful to itself, reaches the night at last.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 98073 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.

  • From London it never sets and culminates about 83° up.
  • From New York it never sets and culminates about 72° up.
  • From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 31° S.

It ranks no. 44 in brightness among the 137 stars of Cygnus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 920 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 98073

Constellation
Cygnus
Apparent magnitude
4.98
Distance
916.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 298.981° · Dec 58.846°
Catalogue
HIP 98073 · HD 189276

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Other stars in Cygnus

Cygnus has 137 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 137 stars in Cygnus