VY Normae, HIP80931

Primary Facts on VY Normae

• VY Normae's star type is pulsating star that can be located in the constellation of Norma. The description is based on the spectral class.
• VY Normae is not part of the constellation outline but is within the borders of the constellation.
• The star can not be seen by the naked eye, you need a telescope to see it.
• The star is calculated at being about 329.79 light years away from us.

VY Normae's Alternative Names

HIP80931 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue.

VY Normae has alternative name(s) :- VY Nor, VY Nor.

More details on star alternative names can be found at Star Names .

Location of VY Normae

The location of the star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the star is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For VY Normae, the location is 16h 31m 33.15 and -53° 58` 23.4 .

Source of Information

The source of the information if it has a Hip I.D. is from Simbad, the Hipparcos data library based at the University at Strasbourg, France. Hipparcos was a E.S.A. satellite operation launched in 1989 for four years. The items in red are values that I've calculated so they could well be wrong. Information regarding Metallicity and/or Mass is from the E.U. Exoplanets. The information was obtained as of 12th Feb 2017.