Star profile
HIP 16210
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 16210
On the shoulders of Perseus burns a blue B-type star whose light has been crossing space for more than five centuries. It set out when Copernicus was finishing De revolutionibus and the Sun, in silence, was moving to occupy the center of the known universe. It is very hot and massive, its surface temperature several times that of the Sun and its blue-white glow intense. The constellation tells an ancient legend of heroes; this star, nameless, is one of its most feverish embers.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16210 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: 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 16210
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.58
- Distance
- 524.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 52.218° · Dec 49.848°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16210 · HD 21362
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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
- 1 Persei5.53
- HIP 172035.55
- HIP 202345.55
- HIP 174605.60
- HIP 179325.65