Protome
HR 8098 · HIP 104538 · 6 Equ
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.057 mag
- Parallax
- 7.36 mas → about 443.1 light-years away
- Spectral type
- A2Vs
- Right ascension
- 317.6305°
- Declination
- 10.0489°
- Designation
- HR 8098
- Bayer designation
- 6 Equ
- HIP number
- 104538
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-07-16
- Name language
- Ancient Greek
- Name origin (IAU)
- Protome, the Bust, is the original name of this constellation from Roman time when Greek was still the language of science. The reasons for this invention are not preserved, but mythology later added.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 443 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1583 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 6.1 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination 10° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.