Star profile
HIP 18262
What is HIP 18262
A muted orange along the channel of Eridanus, the celestial river, this K giant pours its light from 500 light-years. What we see tonight departed when Luther was nailing his 95 theses to the door at Wittenberg and European Christendom was splitting in two. While humans debated their faith, this point kept crossing the silence.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 18262 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 never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 9° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 84° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 50° N.
It ranks no. 90 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 28° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 500 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 18262
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.70
- Distance
- 499.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 58.597° · Dec -40.357°
- Catalogue
- HIP 18262 · HD 24744
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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 186475.61
- HIP 209225.61
- HIP 190115.62
- HIP 195115.70
- 46 Eridani5.71