Star profile
HIP 23430
What is HIP 23430
An orange ember in Lepus, the hare forever fleeing beneath Orion's feet. Her 233-year-old light left the star while Voltaire was publishing «Candide» and Europe was entering the Age of Enlightenment. Type K stars like this one burn cooler than the Sun, their copper hues painting an atmosphere of iron and titanium.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 23430 lies in the southern 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 12° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 23° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 82° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 64° N.
It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 45 stars of Lepus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arneb, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 230 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 23430
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.01
- Distance
- 233.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 75.541° · Dec -26.275°
- Catalogue
- HIP 23430 · HD 32436
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Other stars in Lepus
Lepus has 45 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ArnebAlpha Leporis2.58
- NihalBeta Leporis2.81
- Epsilon Leporis3.19
- HIP 249274.70
- HIP 233624.91
- 17 Leporis4.92
- HIP 286755.03
- HIP 245055.06