Star profile
HIP 14456
Cool red starWhat is HIP 14456
In the winding river Eridanus burns a cold ember at 456.2 light years. Its light left around 1569, when Gerardus Mercator unveiled his celebrated cartographic projection that would forever change ocean navigation. It is a red class M star, a temperate surface that contrasts with the colossal calm of its anatomy: huge, slow, deeply garnet.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 14456 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 32° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 43° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 62° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 84° N.
It ranks no. 58 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 54° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 14456
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.23
- Distance
- 456.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 46.640° · Dec -6.089°
- Catalogue
- HIP 14456 · HD 19349
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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
- 47 Eridani5.20
- HIP 138745.22
- 51 Eridani5.22
- 20 Eridani5.24
- 24 Eridani5.24