Star profile

HIP 21295

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What is HIP 21295

Taurus hosts the Hyades cluster, the Pleiades, and this A-class white at four hundred and eighty-four light-years. Its light set out around 1541, the year Michelangelo completed the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. Hot and bright, it shares the most photogenic patch of the northern winter sky without demanding attention: a pure white between two famous clusters.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 21295 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 44° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 55° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 51° above the horizon.

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

It ranks no. 107 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 480 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 21295

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.67
Distance: 484.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 68.534° · Dec 5.569°
Catalogue: HIP 21295 · HD 28978

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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