About HIP 97439
HIP 97439 is a common variable star. It sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 9.16 and has spectral type G2.
Its spectrum reads G2 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Common variable star 20 EP
HIP 97439
RA 297.0644° · Dec 43.1269° · star
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesCommon 22 pts → Uncommon
- Sun-like G-type star +8
- Variable star +5
- Gently variable +4
- A named variable star +3
Total score 20
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Variable star · +5
- Sun-like G-type star · +8
- Gently variable · +4
- A named variable star · +3
Trivia
Hard to believe
- True brightness. It pours out about 1.9 million times as much light as the Sun. It only looks ordinary because it is so far away.
What it actually is
- Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G2 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
- It changes. This star does not hold still: its brightness rises and falls on a rhythm of hours, days or years, either pulsing in size or being eclipsed by a companion.
Find it in the sky
- How to spot it. At magnitude 9.2 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Cygnus.
- Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
- Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around July — that's when to go looking.
Its true colour
- Its true colour. Measured through blue and visual filters it comes out orange (B−V 0.8) — cooler than the Sun, and the kind of star that burns steadily for tens of billions of years.
- Why no green stars. No star ever looks green: a surface hot enough to peak in green also floods out plenty of red and blue, and your eye blends the mixture back to white.
Properties
- absmag
- -10.84
- bv
- 0.81
- constellation
- Cyg
- luminosity
- 1887991.3491
- mag
- 9.16
- name
- HIP 97439
- spect
- G2
- var amplitude
- 0.39
- var designation
- V1154
- var max
- 8.959
- var min
- 9.349
Nearby objects
- Rare Kepler-112 b exoplanet · 0.1° away
- Uncommon Kepler-112 c exoplanet · 0.1° away
- Rare Kepler-1220 b exoplanet · 0.1° away
- Rare Kepler-932 b exoplanet · 0.2° away
- Uncommon Kepler-875 b exoplanet · 0.2° away
- Rare Kepler-1884 b exoplanet · 0.2° away
- Trash Kepler-1716 b exoplanet · 0.3° away
- Rare Kepler-1342 b exoplanet · 0.3° away
How to see it
Look for HIP 97439 in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 9.16, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 97439 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why HIP 97439 is a common variable star
HIP 97439 scores 20 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Variable star, Sun-like G-type star, Gently variable and A named variable star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.