Star profile
HIP 22028
What is HIP 22028
Eridanus, the celestial river slipping south of Orion, cradles this clean white A-type star. Its light came loose around 1720, when Johann Sebastian Bach was composing his cello suites for solo cello in Köthen. Three hundred years later, that brilliance arrives like a single note sustained above the murmur of the river.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 22028 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 20° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 31° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 71° N.
It ranks no. 79 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 52° 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 22028
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.53
- Distance
- 306.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 71.033° · Dec -18.667°
- Catalogue
- HIP 22028 · HD 30127
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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
- 62 Eridani5.50
- HIP 79785.52
- 22 Eridani5.53
- 5 Eridani5.56
- HIP 167805.56