Star profile
HIP 98738
What is HIP 98738
In tiny Sagitta —one of the smallest constellations in the sky, drawn as an arrow—, an orange dwarf burns at 809 light-years. Its light left around the year 1215, when the English barons forced King John to seal the Magna Carta on the banks of the Thames and the embryo of modern constitutional law —though no one yet knew it— was being born.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 98738 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 68° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 38° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 71° S.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 14 stars of Sagitta in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma Sagitta, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 810 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 98738
- Constellation
- Sagitta
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.99
- Distance
- 809.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 300.818° · Dec 18.501°
- Catalogue
- HIP 98738 · HD 190211
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Other stars in Sagitta
Sagitta has 14 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Gamma Sagitta3.51
- Delta Sagitta3.68
- ShamAlpha Sagitta4.39
- 1 Sagitta5.65
- Epsilon Sagitta5.67
- 10 Sagitta5.71
- 15 Sagitta5.80
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