Star profile
HIP 14521
Variable starWhat is HIP 14521
A yellow-white F-type light oscillates from Hydrus at two hundred and seventy light years: the photon recorded today departed around 1755, the year of the Lisbon earthquake that shook Enlightenment confidence in natural order. Its brightness is variable, pulsing with the breath of an unstable star. Hydrus, the small water snake of the southern sky, was traced by Dutch navigators at the close of the sixteenth century.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 14521 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 45° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 11° N.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 20 stars of Hydrus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Hydrus, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 14521
- Constellation
- Hydrus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 270.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 46.883° · Dec -78.989°
- Catalogue
- HIP 14521 · HD 20313
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Other stars in Hydrus
Hydrus has 20 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Hydrus2.82
- Alpha Hydrus2.86
- Gamma Hydrus3.26
- Iota Hydrus5.51
- Pi 1 Hydrus5.57
- Pi 2 Hydrus5.67
- HIP 79215.70
- HIP 66315.92