Star profile
HIP 18213
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 18213
Another blue of Eridanus, hot and young in cosmic terms, 346 light-years off. B-type stars like this one trace the spiral arms of the galaxy with their violent light. The beam arriving tonight left when Newton was publishing his Principia Mathematica and rewriting the mechanics of the entire sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 18213 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 4° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 15° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 55° N.
It ranks no. 50 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 32° 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 18213
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.11
- Distance
- 346.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 58.412° · Dec -34.732°
- Catalogue
- HIP 18213 · HD 24626
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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 216444.99
- 60 Eridani5.03
- HIP 82415.04
- 68 Eridani5.11
- 66 Eridani5.12