Star profile

HIP 20268

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 20268

In Taurus shines a yellow giant some 361 light-years away. Its light set out around 1665, when Newton, retreated during the plague, was forging the laws that would reorder the universe. It shares with the Sun a serene golden hue, yet after eons of burning it has begun to swell —a future image of how our own star will age between the horns of another sky.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 20268 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 45° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 55° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 50° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 84° S.

It ranks no. 118 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 20268

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.76
Distance: 360.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 65.172° · Dec 6.131°
Catalogue: HIP 20268 · HD 27497

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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