Star profile
HYG 118351
Binary systemWhat is HYG 118351
Almost a neighbour of ours, 51.8 light-years away in Taurus, spins a binary G-type system: two yellow suns bound by a millennial dance. Its light set out around 1974, when the Beatles were already a recent legend and the first interstellar messages, such as the Arecibo broadcast, were crossing space. So Sun-like that they could almost pass for siblings, they share colour, temperature and serenity.
Where it is and when to see it
HYG 118351 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December: 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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Astronomical data for HYG 118351
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.70
- Distance
- 51.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 76.863° · Dec 18.647°
- Catalogue
- HYG 118351
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Other stars in Taurus
Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
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- ElnathBeta Tauri1.65
- AlcyoneEta Tauri2.85
- HIP 212955.67
- 120 Tauri5.67
- 13 Tauri5.68
- 45 Tauri5.71
- 60 Tauri5.72