Star profile
HIP 23554
What is HIP 23554
It lives in Lepus, that small constellation eternally fleeing beneath Orion's feet. A white A-type star, hotter and brighter than the Sun, its light took about 190 years to arrive: it set off when the Romantic painters —Turner, Friedrich— were rendering vast landscapes and stormy skies. A clean white point near the celestial hunter, as though the hare carried a lantern strapped to its back.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 23554 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 14° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 25° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 66° N.
It ranks no. 30 in brightness among the 45 stars of Lepus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arneb, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 190 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 23554
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.61
- Distance
- 189.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 75.972° · Dec -24.388°
- Catalogue
- HIP 23554 · HD 32667
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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
- 10 Leporis5.53
- HIP 292055.56
- HIP 241695.60
- HIP 279385.62
- HIP 252805.64