Shengong
HR 6298 · HIP 83100
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.048 mag
- Parallax
- 10.34 mas → about 315.4 light-years away
- Spectral type
- A3III
- Right ascension
- 254.7178°
- Declination
- -37.6205°
- Designation
- HR 6298
- HIP number
- 83100
- IAU name adopted
- 2025-10-16
- Name language
- Chinese
- Name origin (IAU)
- Shengong (神宫, Divine Palace) is a subsidiary asterism attached to the lodge Wěi (尾), Tail [of the Azure Dragon], located to the left of its determinative star and consisting of only one star (single star-asterism).
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 315 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1711 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 6 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination -37.6° — 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.