Star profile
HIP 16518
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 16518
More than 2,200 light-years separate this hot blue star in Perseus from our telescopes. Its light set off when Hannibal was crossing the Alps with elephants and Rome was trembling before Carthage. What is observed tonight is a postcard from the Second Punic War, hurled into space in the heart of classical antiquity.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16518 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 16518
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- 2204.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 53.167° · Dec 35.462°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16518 · HD 21856
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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
- HIP 133395.86
- HIP 219725.86
- HIP 139495.89
- HIP 150045.93
- HIP 156695.94