Star profile

HIP 15357

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is HIP 15357

In Fornax, another quiet austral constellation born from Lacaille's pencil, shines this F-class yellow-white at two hundred and three light-years. Its light departed around 1823, the year the Monroe Doctrine was proclaimed in the United States. Slightly hotter than the Sun, its barely gilded hue easily slips unnoticed among the brighter dots of the celestial furnace.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 15357 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 10° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 21° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 85° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 61° N.

It ranks no. 24 in brightness among the 26 stars of Fornax in our catalogue. To find it, start from Dalim, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 200 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 15357

Constellation: Fornax
Apparent magnitude: 5.93
Distance: 203.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 49.511° · Dec -28.797°
Catalogue: HIP 15357 · HD 20606

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Other stars in Fornax

Fornax has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 26 stars in Fornax