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Question

where can i look up stars to find out where a spesific one is by there star id!
or can you find it for me!
star id: usc-5967649-34

wat riped off? wat cetificate?

Answer 1

Since you didn't say where you got the number from, most people suspect you or a friend got it from one of those "star registry" outfits that lets you "name" a star for $50. It's not illegal but it is meaningless, since the IAU won't recognize your name.

As it turns out, that is where the name comes from. Stars and Deep Sky Objects have prefixes corresponding to catalog names. For example, an object that starts with "M" is from the Messier catalog, "UGC" stands for Uppsala General Catalog, and "NGC" is the National General Catalog. There is no "USC" catalog, at least not a scientific one.

But don't give up. If you ignore those stuffy astronomers, your star is "listed". (I just can't determine what its official designation is.) To specifically answer your question, you can locate your star at yourstar.com. Here's a direct link to the listing you mentioned:
http://www.yourstar.com/star_lookup.php?star_id_1=5967649&star_id_2=34
(Don't forget, no one else recognizes this list.)

Now the bad news. You may notice that your star has a magnitude of 14.68. That is extremely faint. Magnitudes increase with faintness. Sixth magnitude are the faintest stars that can be seen with the naked eye. Binoculars can show up to 9th magnitude stars. A 6-inch telescope will get you to about 13. So you will need a very good telescope to see this star. The good news is, if you can afford such a telescope, it will likely have automatic sighting technology so you can actually find it.

But you can determine the approximate location by the coordinates, which are also listed. Right Ascension is like longitude, describing stars in terms of how far apart their rising times are. (RA17 is one hour behind RA16.) Declination is like latitude, decribing how far North or South of the celestial equator a star is. (Polaris is Dec +90.)

Your star is at RA 17 hours 8 minutes 36.83 seconds, and Declination 51.36709 degrees North (or +51 deg 22 min 1 sec). This puts it in the constellation Draco, near the "head" or South end.

If you look here:
http://www.astronomical.org/portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=34
...you can see the RAs and Declinations of brighter stars in the Draco constellation.
Eltanin/Etamin is at RA 17h 56m 36.36s and Dec +51d 29m 20.21s.
Rastaban (beta D) is at RA 17h 30m 25.95s and Dec +52d 18m 5.12s.
Your star is a little farther South than Eltanin and a little farther West than Rastaban.
It's vertically in line with Zeta Draconis (RA 17h 8m 47.19s) but farther South.

Constellation-wise, you can locate it here:
http://www.seasky.org/pictures/sky7b07.html#Draco

I'm afraid you can't get much more specific without some heavy optical hardware, but at least you can point in the right direction.

Stars sorted into various orders (including RA & Dec.)
http://users.winshop.com.au/annew/

A stellar atlas:
http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/default.htm
http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/default.htm

Answer 2

Did you have a star named after you??? If you did then you need to go to the web site for the company that issued the star id. and they will help you locate it in your night time sky. Personaly I have not heard of this particular star id code so you may have been ripped off on this one, but if you were given a card with the star id on it you should be able to contact that company to find out where the star is located. There are some companies that will issue the same star to more than one person as well, so you will want to make sure that this did not happen to you. Good luck.

Answer 3

That looks like it could be a catalog number. I don't know what catalog usc refers to though. There are so many star catalogs, and they all have different numbering schemes.

Answer 4

It looks like a catalog number but there is no catalog with the initials usc in it.

Answer 5

Congratulations. You're now the proud owner of a certificate that signifies absolutely nothing.

Answer 6

If you have access to the internet, you could start your search there. If not, disregard my answer.

Answer 7

Can't help sorry, you were ripped off.

It is probably so faint you cannot see it.

Answer 8

I don`t recognise catalogue number, where did you get it?

Answer 9

Try NASA

Answer 10

.off ripped were you