Star profile

HIP 13717

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 13717

Following the winding course of the river Eridanus, that serpentine figure crossing the southern sky, shines a white star of A type. Its light set out one hundred and eighty-six years ago, when daguerreotypes were beginning to fix the human face onto silver plates, around the 1840s. Hotter than the Sun, its cool tone blends into the blue-white typical of its class. It drifts along the celestial current like a glint on dark water, reminding us that the river of the sky never stops flowing.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 13717 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 35° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 46° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 60° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 86° N.

It ranks no. 53 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 56° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 190 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 13717

Constellation: Eridanus
Apparent magnitude: 5.16
Distance: 186.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 44.156° · Dec -3.712°
Catalogue: HIP 13717 · HD 18331

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Other stars in Eridanus

Eridanus has 129 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 129 stars in Eridanus