Star profile
HIP 23916
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 23916
In the river of Eridanus, this hot blue B-type star glows about 680 light-years distant. Its light departed around 1346, just before the Black Death swept across Europe and as the Hundred Years' War was taking shape. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, it radiates with the blue fury proper to its class. It arrives now to us as a luminous message from the fourteenth century, after nearly seven centuries crossing space.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 23916 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 30° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 41° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 65° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 81° N.
It ranks no. 106 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 63° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 680 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 23916
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.80
- Distance
- 681.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 77.084° · Dec -8.665°
- Catalogue
- HIP 23916 · HD 33224
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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
- 56 Eridani5.78
- p Eridani5.80
- HIP 195715.80
- HIP 141875.81
- HIP 177985.81