Star profile

HIP 16029

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 16029

It inhabits Fornax, a slender southern constellation created by Lacaille in the eighteenth century to honour the chemical furnace of the laboratory. A K-type star with an orange tone, the colour of copper kindled at low heat. Its light took just over 451 years to arrive: it set out around 1574, when King Sebastian of Portugal was preparing the fateful campaign of Alcacer Quibir. In Fornax, with no bright stars, it keeps a serene and warm position.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 16029 lies in the southern 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 11° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 22° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 83° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 63° N.

It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 26 stars of Fornax in our catalogue. To find it, start from Dalim, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 450 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 16029

Constellation: Fornax
Apparent magnitude: 5.93
Distance: 451.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 51.594° · Dec -27.317°
Catalogue: HIP 16029 · HD 21430

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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