Star profile
HIP 20884
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 20884
Another blue-white point burns in Taurus, some three hundred and eighty-three light years away. When its light first peeled away from its surface, the first true operas were being staged in Italy and Monteverdi was composing works that still echo today. Now that hot star continues its slow course through the bull, oblivious to such earthly resonances.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 20884 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 40° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 51° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 55° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 89° S.
It ranks no. 93 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 380 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 20884
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.53
- Distance
- 382.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 67.134° · Dec 1.381°
- Catalogue
- HIP 20884 · HD 28375
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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
- HIP 230435.51
- 116 Tauri5.52
- 72 Tauri5.53
- 122 Tauri5.53
- 135 Tauri5.54