Star profile
HIP 11687
What is HIP 11687
Cetus, the Whale, stretches calmly across the southern reaches of the zodiac. There hangs a white class A star, its light contained and clean. That photon began the road 281 years ago: it set out while Voltaire was publishing his Philosophical Letters and Europe was beginning to question its own foundations openly. The star, indifferent to the debate, has landed all the same.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 11687 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 39° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 50° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 56° above the horizon.
It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from nearly the whole planet.
It ranks no. 111 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 32° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 280 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 11687
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.00
- Distance
- 281.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 37.688° · Dec 0.256°
- Catalogue
- HIP 11687 · HD 15633
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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 136795.97
- 33 Ceti5.97
- HIP 125625.98
- HIP 6715.99
- HIP 102156.00