Star profile
HIP 16285
What is HIP 16285
In Eridanus, the celestial river, flows the light of a white star. Its glow crossed some 213 years before reaching us: it set out around 1813, when Napoleon lost the Battle of Leipzig and Goya painted his disasters of war. Hotter and more massive than the Sun, its clean light seems to drift along the dark course of the southern river.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16285 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 never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 7° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 81° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 47° N.
It ranks no. 100 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 23° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 210 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 16285
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.76
- Distance
- 213.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 52.480° · Dec -42.634°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16285 · HD 21882
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Other stars in Eridanus
Eridanus has 129 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AchernarAlpha Eridani0.45
- CursaBeta Eridani2.78
- AcamarTheta 1 Eridani2.88
- HIP 220865.72
- HIP 161425.74
- Rho 1 Eridani5.75
- HIP 211925.76
- 59 Eridani5.76