Star profile
HIP 17395
What is HIP 17395
Along the river Eridanus, winding through the southern sky, a white A-class star burns with clean, youthful light. Its glow reaches us from one hundred and thirty-eight years ago, when the first automobiles were starting to cross the avenues of Berlin and Paris. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its snowy hue recalls ice lit from within.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 17395 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 28° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 39° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 67° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 80° N.
It ranks no. 85 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 53° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 140 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 17395
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.59
- Distance
- 138.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 55.891° · Dec -10.486°
- Catalogue
- HIP 17395 · HD 23281
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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
- 25 Eridani5.56
- HIP 217435.56
- HIP 162635.57
- HIP 190955.59
- HIP 186475.61