Star profile
HIP 15416
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 15416
Eleven hundred and seventy-seven light years lie between this orange giant and the observer. Its most recent photon set out when Europe was leaving the first millennium and Persian astronomers were refining their tables in Baghdad. It glows warmly in Perseus, the trademark hue of luminous K-types that have swollen after exhausting their core hydrogen —an aged, serene star, without flourish.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 15416 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 73° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 84° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 22° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 56° S.
It ranks no. 32 in brightness among the 99 stars of Perseus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Mirfak, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,200 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 15416
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.85
- Distance
- 1177.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 49.683° · Dec 34.223°
- Catalogue
- HIP 15416 · HD 20468
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Other stars in Perseus
Perseus has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- MirfakAlpha Persei1.79
- AlgolBeta Persei2.09
- Zeta Persei2.84
- Pi Persei4.68
- HIP 143824.77
- 53 Persei4.80
- HIP 224534.89
- 12 Persei4.91