Star profile
HIP 18805
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 18805
In Taurus, not far from the Pleiades, shines a blue star at 571 light-years. Its light departed in the late fifteenth century, when European courts were preparing for the great oceanic voyages and astronomers were copying the Greek Almagests. Class B, its surface exceeds 12,000 K and its intrinsic brightness makes it stand out despite the distance. One more among the hot young stars populating this region rich in bright suns.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 18805 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 18805
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.67
- Distance
- 571.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 60.442° · Dec 9.998°
- Catalogue
- HIP 18805 · HD 25330
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Other stars in Taurus
Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AldebaranAlpha Tauri0.87
- ElnathBeta Tauri1.65
- AlcyoneEta Tauri2.85
- 63 Tauri5.64
- 18 Tauri5.66
- 31 Tauri5.66
- HIP 212955.67
- 120 Tauri5.67