Star profile
HIP 99824
Variable starWhat is HIP 99824
In tiny Vulpecula, the celestial fox, beats a blue B-type variable whose brightness never quite settles. Its light crosses 991 years from an age —the eleventh century— when Europe was raising Romanesque cathedrals and Persian astronomers were refining their tables. It is a bonfire far hotter than the Sun, locked in slow breaths no one on Earth can hear.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 99824 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 culminates about 64° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 31° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.
It ranks no. 7 in brightness among the 44 stars of Vulpecula in our catalogue. To find it, start from Anser, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 990 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 99824
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.79
- Distance
- 991.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 303.816° · Dec 25.592°
- Catalogue
- HIP 99824 · HD 192685
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Other stars in Vulpecula
Vulpecula has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnserAlpha Vulpecula4.44
- 23 Vulpecula4.50
- 31 Vulpecula4.56
- 13 Vulpecula4.57
- 15 Vulpecula4.66
- 1 Vulpecula4.76
- 29 Vulpecula4.81
- 12 Vulpecula4.90