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Holoea
Holoea: the warm orange star of Auriga
warm orange · Auriga · IRAS 05327+3404
Holoea is a warm orange giant, far along its stellar life in the constellation Auriga, one of the stars with a proper name recognised in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. At magnitude 18.62 it is a binocular or telescope object.
Most stars in the sky are anonymous points of light. Holoea is not. Some IAU-recognised names are ancient; others were adopted by the IAU only recently. Either way, the star already has a scientific identity, and a dedication attaches a human story to it.
Real star · Personal dedication · Recorded in the AsterNym registry
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Holoea at a glance
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Other name
- IRAS 05327+3404
- Catalogue number
- IRAS 05327+3404
- Distance
- Not quoted. The parallax error runs to roughly two fifths of the parallax, too loose to turn into a distance.
- Brightness
- Magnitude 18.62 telescope
- Star type
- K2IIIe
- Colour
- warm orange
- Best seen from
- The Northern Hemisphere and lower southern latitudes
- Right ascension
- 05h 36m 06s
- Declination
- +34° 06′ 12″
J2000 catalogue coordinates that can be independently cross-checked against astronomical databases. A planetarium app showing coordinates of date will differ slightly, because proper motion and precession move a star’s apparent position over time.
What kind of star is Holoea?
Holoea is an orange giant. Its surface runs roughly 4,000 to 5,000°C, cool enough that the light carries a visible orange. Colour in a star is a temperature reading rather than a decoration: the hot ones are blue and the cool ones red, the opposite way round to a kitchen tap.
Its colour is not the whole story. An orange star still in the steady part of its life would burn for tens of thousands of millions of years. This one is past that stage, and it is cool at the surface because it has swollen outward, not because it was born this way.
It is a giant, which is what a star becomes when it exhausts the hydrogen in its core. It has swollen outward and cooled at the surface, and it is now brighter than it ever was as a young star. The Sun will do this too, in about five thousand million years.
What could a Holoea dedication represent?
Holoea is especially meaningful for someone who:
- · Deserves something older than any gift shop
- · Marks a beginning, an anniversary or a promise
- · Is remembered every time you look up
- · Has a light you want recorded somewhere permanent
Dedication idea
“For the one I think of when I find Auriga in the sky.”
Where can you see Holoea?
It is easy to see from most of the Northern Hemisphere. It can also appear from lower southern latitudes, but it never rises for observers south of about latitude 56°S. It passes directly overhead at latitude 34°N. It stands highest at midnight in December, so December and January evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 18.62 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
Holoea belongs to Auriga.
What does Holoea mean in astrology?
The classical fixed-star tradition: Ptolemy, the medieval Behenian lists, Robson’s 1923 compilation. Is silent on Holoea, and we don’t invent lore where none exists. What astrology can still read is the star’s real position, below.
Projected onto the zodiac the way fixed-star astrology reads any star, Holoea stands at 24° Gemini at the J2000 epoch, and the Sun passes that degree around 14 June in the years around 2000. Fixed-star longitude shifts slowly against the tropical zodiac because of precession, about one degree every seventy-two years, so a natal conjunction must be calculated for the birth year rather than read off this J2000 value or a calendar date.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. The position and dates are computed.
Dedicate Holoea to someone who matters
A flower fades. A card is eventually put away. A star gives your message a place in the sky.
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Dedicate Holoea →Real star · your message · a page to share
Your Holoea dedication includes
- Your chosen dedication name
- Your personal message
- Holoea's real astronomical coordinates
- A shareable dedication page
- Its location on the AsterNym Galaxy Map
- An optional printable certificate and gift presentation
Holoea keeps its established astronomical name. Your dedication is a personal commemorative record within the AsterNym registry.
Frequently asked questions about Holoea
- What does Holoea mean in astrology?
- The classical fixed-star tradition has no documented meaning for Holoea. Projected onto the zodiac, Holoea stands at 24° Gemini, and the Sun passes that degree each year around 14 June.
- Is Holoea the brightest star?
- Holoea shines at magnitude 18.62 · a binocular-and-telescope star, one of the few thousand stars with an officially recognised name.
- How far away is Holoea?
- No distance is quoted for Holoea. The parallax error runs to roughly two fifths of the parallax, too loose to turn into a distance.
- Which constellation contains Holoea?
- Holoea is part of Auriga.
- Can everyone see Holoea?
- It is easy to see from most of the Northern Hemisphere. It can also appear from lower southern latitudes, but it never rises for observers south of about latitude 56°S. It passes directly overhead at latitude 34°N. It stands highest at midnight in December, so December and January evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 18.62 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
- Is dedicating Holoea an official astronomical renaming?
- No. Holoea keeps its internationally recognised astronomical name. An AsterNym dedication records your personal name and message in the AsterNym registry without changing the star's scientific identity.
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