Star profile
HIP 17805
What is HIP 17805
Eridanus, the celestial river, winds from Orion all the way to the southern reaches. In its stellar waters glows an orange giant 487 light-years away. Its light departed around 1539, when Hernando de Soto was exploring Florida and Europe was finishing the mapping of the New World coasts. A K ember, ancient, arriving from that century of discoveries.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 17805 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 39° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 50° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 56° above the horizon.
It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from nearly the whole planet.
It ranks no. 119 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 63° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 490 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 17805
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- 486.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 57.162° · Dec 0.228°
- Catalogue
- HIP 17805 · HD 23887
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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
- HIP 203415.86
- HIP 234755.86
- HIP 111025.90
- HIP 149135.92
- HIP 134795.93