Star profile
HIP 11033
What is HIP 11033
Cetus is the whale or sea monster from the Andromeda myth, a huge and faint constellation. There shines this orange giant four hundred and forty-two light-years away. Its light set out around 1583, when Pope Gregory XIII had just imposed his new calendar across much of Catholic Europe. K-type, copper-coloured, no surprises: one of many warm embers populating the sky monster.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 11033 lies in the southern 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 21° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 32° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 74° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 72° N.
It ranks no. 96 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 23° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 440 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 11033
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 442.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 35.521° · Dec -17.662°
- Catalogue
- HIP 11033 · HD 14728
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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
- HIP 95725.87
- HIP 113485.88
- HIP 43465.88
- HIP 113815.89
- HIP 31935.90