Star profile
HIP 14417
What is HIP 14417
In Cepheus, the mythical king of the northern sky, this yellow-white F-type star shines, hotter than the Sun. Its light began the journey around the year 1335, in the early years of the Hundred Years' War between France and England, well before the Black Death that would sweep Europe a decade later. F-type stars like this one combine the clear glow of youth with the warm tone of long-lived suns.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 14417 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 14417
- Constellation
- Cepheus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.49
- Distance
- 691.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 46.533° · Dec 79.419°
- Catalogue
- HIP 14417 · HD 18438
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Other stars in Cepheus
Cepheus has 95 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AlderaminAlpha Cepheus2.45
- ErraiGamma Cepheus3.21
- AlfirkBeta Cepheus3.23
- Rho 2 Cepheus5.45
- HIP 1107255.47
- HIP 209825.47
- HIP 1052595.51
- HIP 208605.51