Star profile

HIP 18212

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

What is HIP 18212

In Perseus, the hero armed with Medusa's head, shines this orange K-type star, cooler than the Sun and amber in hue. Its light set out 394 years ago, around 1630, when Johannes Kepler was publishing his last astronomical tables and dying in Regensburg. Its warm glow blends into the region's rich stellar tapestry, crossed by the Milky Way: a serene flame in one of the densest passages of the northern winter sky.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 18212 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: 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 18212

Constellation: Perseus
Apparent magnitude: 5.76
Distance: 394.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 58.411° · Dec 48.650°
Catalogue: HIP 18212 · HD 24240

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