Star profile
HIP 16470
Variable starWhat is HIP 16470
In the legendary shield of Perseus flickers a blue flame that changes brightness on a calendar of its own, 605 light-years away. Its light left around 1421, when Ming-dynasty Chinese astronomers were recording the motions of Mars on parchment. A variable B-type is a restless beacon: it pulses because its outer layers swell and contract, caught in an impossible equilibrium.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16470 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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Astronomical data for HIP 16470
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.47
- Distance
- 605.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 53.036° · Dec 48.023°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16470 · HD 21699
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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
- 14 Persei5.43
- HIP 201565.46
- HIP 139655.47
- 30 Persei5.49
- HIP 184345.49