Uruk

HD 231701 · HIP 96078

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 8.97 mag
Parallax: 8.44 mas → about 386.4 light-years away
Spectral type: F8V
Surface temperature: 6,101 K
Right ascension: 293.0173°
Declination: 16.4743°
Designation: HD 231701
HIP number: 96078
IAU name adopted: 2019-12-17
Name language: Akkadian
Name origin (IAU): Uruk was an ancient city of the Sumer and Babylonian civilizations in Mesopotamia situated along an ancient channel of the Euphrates river in modern-day Iraq.

Constellation

Planets

Light from this object takes about 386 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1640 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 9 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
Declination 16.5° — 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.