The Sky Above Tama (station cat) at the Moment of Death

Pet · 1999–2015 · Approximate time

The record

• Date of death: 2015-06-22
• Time of death (local): 19:00 (Approximate time) — Japanese media reported she died "shortly after 7 p.m." of acute heart failure, at an animal hospital in Iwade — not at Kishi Station, her home station.
• Place: Iwade, Wakayama, Japan
• UTC: 2015-06-22T10:00Z

The sky at that moment

• Zenith (the point directly overhead): RA 195.40°, Dec 34.34°

Star closest to the zenith

Computed with the same standard astronomy as our free calculator: the recorded time and place give the local sidereal time, which fixes the zenith; the closest star by angular distance inside a ±15° declination band of the real catalog is selected. What is shown here is the purely astronomical result — the nearest star to the zenith.

• Catalog ID: HIP 63408
• Constellation: Canes Venatici
• Magnitude: 9.56
• Distance (light-years): 765.6
• Angular distance from zenith (degrees): 0.4795°

Brightest stars in that sky

The brightest real stars (catalog IDs from the HYG star catalog — mostly Hipparcos/HIP numbers) that were above 10° altitude at that same moment.

• HIP 91262 — Lyra, Magnitude 0.03 (25.1°)
• HIP 37279 — Canis Minor, Magnitude 0.4 (10.6°)
• HIP 65474 — Virgo, Magnitude 0.98 (44.3°)
• HIP 80763 — Scorpius, Magnitude 1.06 (12.0°)
• HIP 37826 — Gemini, Magnitude 1.16 (23.6°)

Sources & verification

Last verified: 2026-09-17

This page is an independent astronomical record. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by the person, their family, or their estate. Memorial naming is commemorative and is not recognized by the IAU.

• Sponichi Annex — Date, time (午後7時すぎ), cause and death place (animal hospital in Iwade): https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2015/06/24/kiji/K20150624010602970.html
• Wikipedia — Date, lifespan and cause; not the time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat)

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小玉(贵志站站长猫)离世时的星空(2015-06-22)| A Star Named

宠物 · 1999–2015 · 时刻为约数

记录

• 离世日期: 2015-06-22
• 离世时刻(当地): 19:00 (时刻为约数) — 日本媒体报道:晚 7 点过后不久因急性心力衰竭离世,地点在和歌山县岩出市的动物医院——并非她的主场贵志站。
• 地点: 和歌山县岩出市, 日本
• 世界时(UTC): 2015-06-22T10:00Z

那一刻的星空

• 天顶(正头顶的那一点): RA 195.40°, Dec 34.34°

离天顶最近的星

与站内免费计算器同一套标准天文算法:由记录的时刻与地点推出当地恒星时,得到天顶坐标,再取真实星表里赤纬 ±15° 带内球面角距最小的星。这里给出的是「离天顶最近」这一纯天文结果。

• 星表编号: HIP 63408
• 星座: 猎犬座
• 星等: 9.56
• 距离(光年): 765.6
• 与天顶的角距(度): 0.4795°

那一刻天空中最亮的星

同一时刻位于地平线 10° 以上、星等最亮的前几颗真实恒星(HYG 星表编号,多为 Hipparcos/HIP 编号)。

• HIP 91262 — 天琴座, 星等 0.03 (25.1°)
• HIP 37279 — 小犬座, 星等 0.4 (10.6°)
• HIP 65474 — 处女座, 星等 0.98 (44.3°)
• HIP 80763 — 天蝎座, 星等 1.06 (12.0°)
• HIP 37826 — 双子座, 星等 1.16 (23.6°)

来源与核验

最近核验: 2026-09-17

本页是独立的天文记录,与该人物本人、家属或遗产管理机构无任何关联,亦未经其认可或授权。纪念命名仅为纪念意义,不获国际天文学联合会(IAU)官方承认。

• 《体育日本》 — 日期、时刻(晚 7 点过后)、死因与离世地点(岩出市动物医院): https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2015/06/24/kiji/K20150624010602970.html
• 维基百科 — 日期、生平与死因;未载时刻: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat)

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