Star profile
HIP 16368
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 16368
In the small Reticulum, the reticle that honours the astronomer's eyepiece, burns a hot blue star some 868 light-years away. Its light set out around 1158, when the University of Bologna was being established as a benchmark of European learning. Far hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its near-violet tone stands out among the small anonymous stars that populate this corner of the southern hemisphere.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16368 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 57° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 24° N.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 16 stars of Reticulum in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Reticulum, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 870 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 16368
- Constellation
- Reticulum
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.81
- Distance
- 867.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 52.715° · Dec -66.490°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16368 · HD 22252
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Other stars in Reticulum
Reticulum has 16 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Reticulum3.33
- Beta Reticulum3.84
- Epsilon Reticulum4.44
- Zeta 1 Reticulum5.53
- HIP 208255.74
- HIP 212535.79
- Theta Reticulum5.88
- HIP 206195.94