Star profile
HIP 14930
Variable starWhat is HIP 14930
Horologium is a discreet southern constellation, devised by Lacaille to honour the pendulum and mechanical clocks. There glows this white A-type star — young and hot — whose brightness varies slightly over time, like a stubborn heartbeat. Its light took about 1049 years to arrive: it set out when Persian and Arab astronomers — Al-Sufi among them — were recording nebulae and galaxies with awe long before Europe rediscovered them. That white light carries that heritage with it: of those who watched the sky with endless patience.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 14930 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 14930
- Constellation
- Horologium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.71
- Distance
- 1048.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 48.138° · Dec -57.322°
- Catalogue
- HIP 14930 · HD 20234
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Other stars in Horologium
Horologium has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Horologium3.85
- Delta Horologium4.93
- Beta Horologium4.98
- Lambda Horologium5.36
- Iota Horologium5.40
- HIP 165095.67
- HIP 175345.72
- Gamma Horologium5.73