Star profile
HIP 13479
What is HIP 13479
Three hundred and sixty-four light years along the winding course of Eridanus: the light observed today from this yellow G-type departed around 1662, the year Boyle published his law of gases and the Royal Society received its royal charter. A star from the same spectral family as the Sun, though more distant and luminous, shining in a constellation that snakes between the celestial equator and the southern pole.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 13479 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 16° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 78° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 68° N.
It ranks no. 121 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 37° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 13479
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.93
- Distance
- 364.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 43.397° · Dec -22.376°
- Catalogue
- HIP 13479 · HD 18071
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Other stars in Eridanus
Eridanus has 129 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AchernarAlpha Eridani0.45
- CursaBeta Eridani2.78
- AcamarTheta 1 Eridani2.88
- HIP 111025.90
- HIP 178055.91
- HIP 149135.92
- HIP 187235.93
- HIP 199965.95