Star profile
HIP 16870
What is HIP 16870
Two hundred and thirty light-years out, lost in the bends of Eridanus, this orange dwarf burns with the calm of K-type stars —less fierce than the Sun, more patient. Its light set out toward us when James Watt was patenting his steam engine and Europe stood, unaware, on the threshold of the Industrial Revolution.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16870 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: 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 16870
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.57
- Distance
- 230.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 54.274° · Dec -40.275°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16870 · HD 22663
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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
- 32 Eridani4.46
- Tau 1 Eridani4.47
- Upsilon 1 Eridani4.49
- HIP 173514.59
- Tau 9 Eridani4.62