Star profile

HIP 22453

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 22453

In Perseus —the hero who lifts the Gorgon's head— shines an orange K-class giant whose light departed around 1521, when Magellan was attempting the first circumnavigation of the globe. Cooler than the Sun and far more voluminous, it casts a coppery glow, lukewarm and steady. You will find it as a quiet sparkle among the constellation's better-known stars, a reminder that most suns watching over us need no name to burn.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 22453 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 19° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 53° S.

It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 99 stars of Perseus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Mirfak, the brightest: it lies about 20° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 500 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 22453

Constellation: Perseus
Apparent magnitude: 4.89
Distance: 503.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 72.478° · Dec 37.488°
Catalogue: HIP 22453 · HD 30504

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Other stars in Perseus

Perseus has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 99 stars in Perseus