Star profile
HIP 17351
What is HIP 17351
Warm orange in the winding course of Eridanus, 184 light years away. The light reaching tonight's European sky departed when Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony in Vienna in 1824. A serene K-class star, free of dramatic gestures, brushing its corner of the celestial river with the warm hue of a wax candle.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 17351 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 53° N.
It ranks no. 35 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 29° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 180 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 17351
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.59
- Distance
- 184.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 55.709° · Dec -37.314°
- Catalogue
- HIP 17351 · HD 23319
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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
- Tau 1 Eridani4.47
- Upsilon 1 Eridani4.49
- HIP 168704.57
- Tau 9 Eridani4.62
- Tau 8 Eridani4.64