Yellow giant
Citalá
Also known as: HIP 33719
mag 6.394 light-years
About
Citalá is a yellow giant of magnitude 6.3, about 94 light-years away.
How to find it
- Best evenings: around mid-February it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 75° N.
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What you will see
- EyesAt the very limit of the naked eye; binoculars show it easily.
- Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.
Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.
Facts
| Proper name | Citalá |
|---|---|
| Hipparcos number | HIP 33719 |
| Type | Yellow giant |
| Spectral type | G0III-IV |
| Colour | YellowB−V colour index 0.57 |
| Magnitude | 6.3The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Distance | 94 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1932. |
| Proper motion | 0.14″ per year across the sky |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 07h 00m 18.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −05° 22′ 02″ |
Sources and credits
Star data: HYG Database by David Nash, CC BY-SA 4.0. All data sources →