Star profile
HIP 14187
What is HIP 14187
Within the winding waters of the celestial River Eridanus glows a K-type orange giant 847 light-years away. Its light set out around 1179, as Gothic cathedrals were rising across Europe and the abbess Hildegard of Bingen had just died. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger, it offers its amber light to one of the longest constellations in the firmament.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 14187 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 never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 2° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 43° N.
It ranks no. 108 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 850 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 14187
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.81
- Distance
- 847.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 45.733° · Dec -46.975°
- Catalogue
- HIP 14187 · HD 19141
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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
- p Eridani5.80
- HIP 195715.80
- HIP 239165.80
- HIP 177985.81
- HIP 204655.81