Star profile

HIP 2225

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 2225

In the starry mantle of Andromeda, the chained princess of the northern sky, shines a white type A star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun. Its light began its journey some 283 years ago, when Bach composed his final passions and the Enlightenment lit the salons of Paris. Each photon brushing the eye today is an aged message from that age of reason —a quiet flame hung among the princess's mythological chains.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 2225 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 83° up.
From New York it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 12° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 46° S.

It ranks no. 37 in brightness among the 81 stars of Andromeda in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpheratz, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 280 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 2225

Constellation: Andromeda
Apparent magnitude: 5.18
Distance: 282.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 7.057° · Dec 44.394°
Catalogue: HIP 2225 · HD 2421

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Other stars in Andromeda

Andromeda has 81 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 81 stars in Andromeda