Star profile
HIP 20892
What is HIP 20892
On the dark banks of Eridanus shines an orange K-class giant, lying some three hundred and eight light-years away. Its coppery light departed when English clockmakers were tuning the first marine chronometers and, in the Pacific, European ships were charting islands still nameless on their maps. It is an ageing star, much broader than the Sun but cooler, settled in that long calm that follows its youth.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 20892 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: 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.
It opens in your browser. Free, no account, nothing to install.
The signature wall
Stelvia's sky works like a signature wall: anyone can leave their name and a message on a real star, and that signature goes up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.
A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works
If you don't have an account yet, we'll ask for an email to confirm it's you: we send you a link and that's it, no password.
A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for HIP 20892
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 308.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 67.163° · Dec -19.459°
- Catalogue
- HIP 20892 · HD 28479
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.
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 134795.93
- HIP 187235.93
- HIP 199965.95
- HIP 210425.95
- 21 Eridani5.97