Star profile
HIP 16591
Variable starWhat is HIP 16591
It dwells in Perseus, the Greek mythic hero whose mantle covers much of the northern winter sky. Its white light, characteristic of A-class stars, set out around 183 years ago, when the daguerreotype pioneers were perfecting in Paris the first permanent photographs. It is a variable —a glow that wavers slightly across the months— reminding us that stars too breathe. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it traces with subtlety one of the white beads outlining the hero.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16591 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 16591
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.79
- Distance
- 182.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 53.396° · Dec 39.899°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16591 · HD 21912
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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 158765.78
- HIP 180815.78
- HIP 151925.79
- HIP 163405.82
- HIP 126865.85