Star profile

HIP 18199

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 18199

In the southern Horologium shines at 351.1 light years an orange class K star. Its light set out around 1675, just as the Royal Observatory of Greenwich was being founded, the place that would end up dictating the time of the planet. A star with an apparently warm surface, cooler than the Sun, blinking silently over the small pendulum-shaped constellation.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 18199 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 2° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 77° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 43° N.

It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 18 stars of Horologium in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Horologium, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 350 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 18199

Constellation: Horologium
Apparent magnitude: 5.93
Distance: 351.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 58.389° · Dec -46.894°
Catalogue: HIP 18199 · HD 24706

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Other stars in Horologium

Horologium has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 18 stars in Horologium