Star profile

HIP 15154

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 15154

In Aries beats a white star of crisp, young light. Its glow crossed a little over five centuries before reaching us: it set out around 1505, when Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid without knowing that he had brushed against a new continent. Hotter and more massive than the Sun, it draws a cool, elegant dot on the celestial ram.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 15154 lies in the northern 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 69° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 26° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 59° S.

It ranks no. 30 in brightness among the 57 stars of Aries in our catalogue. To find it, start from Hamal, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 520 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 15154

Constellation: Aries
Apparent magnitude: 5.61
Distance: 521.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 48.835° · Dec 30.557°
Catalogue: HIP 15154 · HD 20149

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Other stars in Aries

Aries has 57 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 57 stars in Aries