Star profile
HYG 118164
Binary systemWhat is HYG 118164
Within the old Cetus, 88 light-years away, dances a binary F-type system: two yellow-white sisters bound by gravity. Its light set out around 1937, when Picasso was painting «Guernica» and Europe was peering into the abyss. Hotter than the Sun, with surfaces near 6,500 degrees, both share a common fate, orbiting one another for aeons.
Where it is and when to see it
HYG 118164 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 37° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 68° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 78° N.
It ranks no. 65 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 29° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 88 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HYG 118164
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.60
- Distance
- 88.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 39.892° · Dec -11.871°
- Catalogue
- HYG 118164
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- HIP 76795.58
- HIP 38495.59
- HIP 107235.60
- HIP 17285.61
- HIP 96225.61