Star profile
HYG 119106
Binary systemWhat is HYG 119106
A discreet pair in Hercules, almost around the cosmic corner: barely thirty-five light-years away, two reddish-orange suns share a single orbit. They form a binary system in which each star turns about a common centre of gravity, bound by the same force that holds planets in their courses. Cooler and smaller than the Sun, they are humble forges burning slowly. Their light reaches us from a recent past, almost contemporary, almost familiar.
Where it is and when to see it
HYG 119106 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: 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 119106
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.40
- Distance
- 35.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 250.322° · Dec 31.601°
- Catalogue
- HYG 119106
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