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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 19° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 30° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 71° N.
It ranks no. 124 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 49° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.
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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
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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