Star profile
HIP 10723
What is HIP 10723
In the Whale —Cetus, that mythic creature spanning the equatorial band— shines a yellow G-type sun, nearly solar and nearly close: 79 light-years. Its light set out around 1947, the year Bell Labs unveiled the transistor that would reshape electronics. It arrives now at magnitude 5.6, modest to the human eye but limpid through optics.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 10723 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 40° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 51° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 54° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 88° S.
It ranks no. 64 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 30° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 79 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 10723
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.60
- Distance
- 79.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 34.506° · Dec 1.758°
- Catalogue
- HIP 10723 · HD 14214
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- 28 Ceti5.58
- HIP 76795.58
- HIP 38495.59
- HYG 1181645.60
- HIP 17285.61