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Pipoltr
Pipoltr: the pale star of Hercules
pale · Hercules · V1434 Her
Pipoltr is a pale star in the constellation Hercules, one of the stars with a proper name recognised in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. At magnitude 12.20 it is a binocular or telescope object.
Most stars in the sky are anonymous points of light. Pipoltr 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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Pipoltr at a glance
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Other name
- V1434 Her
- Catalogue number
- V1434 Her · TrES-3 Parent Star
- Distance
- ≈ 757 light-years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 12.20 telescope
- Colour
- pale
- Best seen from
- The Northern Hemisphere and lower southern latitudes
- Right ascension
- 17h 52m 07s
- Declination
- +37° 32′ 46″
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 Pipoltr?
Pipoltr is catalogued as a pale star and its spectral type is not cleanly classified in the data behind this page, so what follows stays with what has been measured rather than what could be inferred from it.
The light you are looking at is old
Pipoltr is about 757 light years away, so the light reaching you now set out around 1269. You are not looking at the star as it is. You are looking at the star as it was, and there is no way to see it any other way.
That delay is the part people find hardest and like most. A star is the one thing you can give someone that was already old before either of you was born and will outlast anything else you could have chosen.
It sits at the edge of what an unaided eye can do, so finding it is a deliberate act rather than an accident.
What could a Pipoltr dedication represent?
Pipoltr 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 Hercules in the sky.”
Where can you see Pipoltr?
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 52°S. It passes directly overhead at latitude 38°N. It stands highest at midnight in June, so June and July evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 12.20 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
Pipoltr belongs to Hercules.
What does Pipoltr mean in astrology?
The classical fixed-star tradition: Ptolemy, the medieval Behenian lists, Robson’s 1923 compilation. Is silent on Pipoltr, 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, Pipoltr stands at 26° Sagittarius at the J2000 epoch, and the Sun passes that degree around 16 December 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 Pipoltr 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 Pipoltr →Real star · your message · a page to share
Your Pipoltr dedication includes
- Your chosen dedication name
- Your personal message
- Pipoltr's real astronomical coordinates
- A shareable dedication page
- Its location on the AsterNym Galaxy Map
- An optional printable certificate and gift presentation
Pipoltr keeps its established astronomical name. Your dedication is a personal commemorative record within the AsterNym registry.
Frequently asked questions about Pipoltr
- What does Pipoltr mean in astrology?
- The classical fixed-star tradition has no documented meaning for Pipoltr. Projected onto the zodiac, Pipoltr stands at 26° Sagittarius, and the Sun passes that degree each year around 16 December.
- Is Pipoltr the brightest star?
- Pipoltr shines at magnitude 12.20 · a binocular-and-telescope star, one of the few thousand stars with an officially recognised name.
- How far away is Pipoltr?
- Pipoltr is approximately 757 light-years from Earth. The light reaching us tonight began its journey around 757 years ago.
- Which constellation contains Pipoltr?
- Pipoltr is part of Hercules.
- Can everyone see Pipoltr?
- 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 52°S. It passes directly overhead at latitude 38°N. It stands highest at midnight in June, so June and July evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 12.20 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
- Is dedicating Pipoltr an official astronomical renaming?
- No. Pipoltr 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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