Star profile

HIP 18993

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is HIP 18993

In Taurus, beside the celestial Bull, shines a yellow-white star of type F, somewhat hotter and quicker than the Sun. Its light set out only 115 years ago: it left in 1910, the same year Halley s Comet returned to perihelion and the whole planet looked up. A discreet flame among the Hyades, written in the same ink as that passage of the comet.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 18993 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 41° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 52° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 53° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 87° S.

It ranks no. 71 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 120 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 18993

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.36
Distance: 115.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 61.041° · Dec 2.827°
Catalogue: HIP 18993 · HD 25621

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Other stars in Taurus

Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 144 stars in Taurus